Corgi vs Founder Shield General Liability Insurance

Corgi sells Commercial General Liability (CGL) as a standalone policy and includes it in every startup package tier it lists, from Pre-Seed & Seed through Series A, Growth Stage and the Custom Package. ^2,6Company-reported. Homepage package contents and the CGL product page.

Founder Shield is a retail insurance brokerage, described on its site as “the innovation arm of The Baldwin Group,” and places Founder Shield General Liability Insurance with third-party carriers rather than underwriting the policy itself. ¹³Company-reported. About-us page; applies to Founder Shield's brokerage model generally, restated here for this line.

Corgi's CGL page states the policy is underwritten by Technology Risk Retention Group, Inc., a risk retention group, rather than one of Corgi's admitted carrier affiliates. ⁶Company-reported. CGL scenario note 1 and policy boundaries section.

Founder Shield says it places policies, including Founder Shield General Liability Insurance, only with carriers rated A- or better by AM Best, chosen for the client's industry. It does not name the issuing insurer for this line; that depends on which carrier the policy is placed with. ⁹Company-reported. General carrier-selection FAQ, not specific to this line's placements.

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Founder Shield says general liability suits most businesses with a physical or customer-facing presence, including retail stores, tech startups, home-based businesses and property renters. ¹²Company-reported. General Liability product page.

The standard CGL form (CORG-CGL-0100) is occurrence-based and covers third-party bodily injury, property damage and a narrow list of personal-and-advertising-injury offenses, but excludes patent infringement, professional errors, cyber incidents, and damage to property in the policyholder's care, custody or control. ⁶Company-reported. CGL coverage table and scenario/policy notes; illustrative summary, not policy wording.

Founder Shield lists third-party bodily injury, property damage, personal and advertising injury (libel, slander, copyright infringement, invasion of privacy), and legal defense costs as what the policy covers. ¹²Company-reported. Product page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

Founder Shield notes general liability excludes employee injuries (covered by workers' compensation), professional errors (covered by E&O), and damage to the policyholder's own property (covered by commercial property insurance). ¹²Company-reported. General Liability product page.

Corgi shows illustrative CGL limits of up to $1 million per occurrence and $2 million general aggregate, a $100,000 damage-to-premises sublimit, $5,000 medical payments per person, and a $2,000 per-claim self-insured retention; actual amounts appear on the declarations page. ⁶Company-reported. CGL coverage table, described as illustrative and possibly differing from the issued policy.

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The reviewed CGL page does not describe risk-control, premises-safety or loss-prevention services for policyholders beyond the coverage itself. ⁶Not found in reviewed sources. CGL product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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You can request a CGL quote through Corgi's online instant-quote flow, and Corgi says eligible applicants can complete the application and bind the same day rather than going through a multi-week broker-review cycle. ^6,2Company-reported. CGL page call to action and homepage self-serve description.

You request Founder Shield General Liability Insurance through Founder Shield's website or an insurance advisor rather than binding coverage directly; Founder Shield says its placement team then approaches carriers on the client's behalf. ^13,9Company-reported. About-us and carrier-selection pages describe the general placement process, not a line-specific application form.

Corgi says the CGL insurer has a duty to defend covered claims, meaning it appoints and pays for defense counsel on the policyholder's behalf, subject to the applicable retention. ⁶Company-reported. CGL scenario note 1, illustrated through a bodily-injury example; distinct from D&O's duty-to-reimburse structure noted on the same page.

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