Coalition vs Gallagher Cyber Insurance

Coalition designs and distributes its own cyber policy and pairs it with security monitoring and incident-response services. ⁵Company-reported. U.S. Active Cyber Insurance for small and midsize businesses, as described on the product page.

Gallagher Small Business arranges cyber liability coverage with outside carriers for small businesses; Gallagher's group-level practice separately places cyber coverage with its own risk-consulting services for larger accounts. Gallagher does not underwrite either policy. ^16,17Company-reported. Small-business cyber product page and the group-level cyber liability page.

Admitted cyber policies are issued by Coalition Insurance Company. Non-admitted (surplus lines) policies are placed with unaffiliated insurers, so the carrier depends on the policy route. ⁷Company-reported. U.S. disclaimers for admitted and non-admitted cyber; restates the verified provider fact insurer-route.

Neither the small-business cyber page nor the group-level cyber liability page names the insurer that would issue a given client's policy. ^16,17Not publicly disclosed. Checked both pages on 2026-09-23.

Coalition states that its admitted and surplus lines cyber policies are offered in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. ⁸Company-reported. Availability help article; eligibility for a particular business depends on underwriting.

Gallagher recommends this coverage for small businesses that handle customer data or accept credit card or electronic-funds-transfer payments, and specifically names retail, healthcare, financial services and home-repair businesses as frequent attack targets. ¹⁶Company-reported. Small-business cyber product page "Who needs Cyber Liability Insurance" section; actual acceptance depends on underwriting.

Coalition says breach-response expenses have a separate limit, so response costs do not use up the limit for other coverages. ⁵Company-reported. Product-page description; the issued policy and declarations control.

Coalition lists pay-on-behalf cyber extortion coverage, funds transfer fraud and business interruption losses among its cyber coverages. ⁵Company-reported. Product-page coverage highlights, subject to exclusions and the policy as issued.

Gallagher describes two components of cyber coverage: first-party coverage for when a business's own technology or data is breached, and third-party coverage for when a customer sues the business for failing to prevent a breach. It says the policy can cover customer notification, credit monitoring, legal fees and regulatory fines. ¹⁶Company-reported. Small-business cyber product page; a coverage description, not a specific policy's insuring agreement or exclusions.

Gallagher's small-business team says cyber insurance rates are flat to down due to competitive market forces despite high-profile losses, and flags generative-AI-driven risks such as more convincing phishing, social-engineering and deepfake attacks as an emerging concern. ¹⁶Company-reported. Small-business cyber product page market-commentary section; a general market view, not a quote for any specific business.

Coalition offers U.S. surplus lines excess cyber coverage above an underlying policy. Its public pages do not publish maximum primary limits or retentions. ^10,5Company-reported. Excess product help article; limit and retention amounts appear only on quotes.

Neither page publishes specific cyber coverage limits, retentions or premium ranges; the small-business page's $60 million claim example is an illustrative scenario, not a stated policy limit. ^16,17Not publicly disclosed. Checked both pages on 2026-09-23.

Policyholders get Coalition Control at no additional cost, including attack-surface monitoring, vendor risk monitoring, zero-day alerts and Login Security for Microsoft or Google accounts. ⁶Company-reported. Coalition Control policyholder features page.

For larger accounts, Gallagher's group-level cyber practice gives clients access to the Gallagher eRiskHub risk-management portal and a dedicated claims team that includes cyber forensic accountants; the small-business product page does not describe an equivalent service for that segment. ¹⁷Company-reported. Group-level cyber liability page; not confirmed as included with the small-business product.

You buy Coalition cyber through an appointed insurance broker. Underwriting considers industry, finances, operations and security posture. ⁹Company-reported. Qualification help article; restates the verified provider fact broker-application.

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Coalition describes an in-house cyber claims team and an affiliated incident response firm, Coalition Incident Response, and says it often recovers stolen funds after transfer fraud. ⁵Company-reported. Product page claims and incident-response sections; outcome statistics are company-reported and not independently verified.

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