Corgi vs Relm Insurance D&O Insurance

Corgi sells D&O as a standalone startup policy and also bundles it into its stage-based packages starting at pre-seed and seed, describing it as protection for directors and officers against personal financial liability for management decisions. ⁶Company-reported. Product page for form CORG-DO-0100, last reviewed by Corgi on April 24, 2026 per the page itself.

Relm markets D&O liability as a line brokers can place through Relm for their clients, describing custom coverage rather than a one-size-fits-all policy. ⁹Company-reported. Relm line-of-business page (Relm sells through brokers); not a statement identifying the issuing insurer for a given placement.

Corgi's D&O product page states directly that the policy is a claims-made policy underwritten by Technology Risk Retention Group, Inc., a risk retention group. ⁶Company-reported. Policy Boundaries section of the D&O product page; this is a line-specific underwriter statement, distinct from Corgi's general multi-entity disclaimer.

The reviewed Financial Lines page does not name a specific issuing insurer for D&O placements; Relm's separate legal-information and fronting-partner pages describe Relm Insurance Ltd. and an external fronting insurer generally, not tied to this specific line. ⁹Not publicly disclosed. Line-of-business page as read on 2026-09-23; a specific placement's insurer is product- and jurisdiction-specific.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Relm targets companies in disruptive or fast-changing sectors, naming Web3 founders, biotechnology leaders and AI pioneers as examples, and says any company with a board benefits, with startups especially needing it to attract executives. ⁹Company-reported. Financial Lines page framing; not a guarantee of eligibility for a particular company.

The policy has three coverage parts: Side A pays individual directors and officers directly when the company cannot indemnify them and carries no retention; Side B reimburses the company when it does indemnify directors and officers; Side C covers the company entity itself, subject to additional exclusions including intellectual-property claims and contractual liability. ⁶Company-reported. Coverage summary for form CORG-DO-0100; the issued policy and declarations control.

The standard policy excludes claims from registered public securities offerings, but a carve-back preserves coverage for exempt transactions such as Regulation D private placements, which Corgi says covers how most startups raise capital. ⁶Company-reported. Scenario notes for form CORG-DO-0100; not every fundraising structure automatically qualifies as exempt.

Corgi covers individual directors and officers (Sides A and B) who receive a Wells Notice, subpoena or target letter from a regulator, but the standard policy excludes entity-level regulatory investigations of the company itself. ⁶Company-reported. Policy notes for form CORG-DO-0100; informal inquiries and document requests that don't rise to these triggers are not covered.

Relm says D&O coverage generally protects directors and officers' personal assets by covering legal fees, settlements and financial losses when they are held liable for decisions made managing the company, including claims from shareholders, regulators, competitors or employees. ⁹Company-reported. Financial Lines page general description; Relm notes coverage can differ by carrier, and the issued policy and declarations control.

Corgi's illustrative D&O structure shows limits up to $1 million per claim and $2 million in the aggregate, with a $25,000 self-insured retention per claim (no retention on Side A) and defense costs included within the limit. ⁶Company-reported. Illustrative policy structure on the product page; actual limits and retentions appear on the declarations.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Corgi offers three optional D&O endorsements: Outside Directorship (extends coverage to directors and officers serving on outside boards at the company's request), Crisis Event Expense (covers PR and crisis-communications costs after negative publicity), and Investigative Costs (broader coverage for regulatory inquiries short of a formal claim). ⁶Company-reported. Available Add-ons section of the product page; endorsement availability varies by jurisdiction and underwriting, and each requires a separate endorsement to apply.

The reviewed D&O page does not describe dedicated risk-control, governance-advisory or claims-advocacy services beyond the general coverage description. ⁹Not found in reviewed sources. Financial Lines page as read on 2026-09-23.

You can request a D&O quote online through Corgi's self-serve application. ⁶Company-reported. Product page quote call to action.

Relm sells D&O through insurance brokers (its page says brokers can use Relm to protect clients' leadership teams); it does not describe a direct online quote. ⁹Company-reported. Financial Lines page framing; consistent with Relm's broader broker-distribution model described on its legal-information and US MGA pages.