Cowbell vs Risklytics Tech E&O Insurance

Cowbell markets Prime Tech as a non-admitted professional-indemnity product that combines Technology Errors & Omissions (E&O) with cyber coverage in one policy, and Prime Tech Plus as a follow-form excess layer that sits above a primary Tech E&O/cyber policy. ^2,4Company-reported. Prime Tech and Prime Tech Plus overview PDFs.

Risklytics Insurance Services is a licensed insurance producer (NPN 22311838) that places Risklytics Professional Liability (Tech E&O) Insurance with outside carriers; it says it does not underwrite policies itself. ⁵Company-reported. About page; describes Risklytics' brokerage model generally, restated for this line.

Neither reviewed PDF names the specific issuing insurer for Prime Tech or Prime Tech Plus; both state coverage, terms and availability vary by state and are subject to underwriting approval without naming a carrier. ^2,4Not publicly disclosed. Disclaimer paragraphs of both PDFs, read on 2026-09-23.

Risklytics does not name the carrier that underwrites Risklytics Professional Liability (Tech E&O) Insurance on its site. It says it places business with specialist insurers willing to write robotics, autonomy and AI risk; the issuing carrier appears on the bound policy. ^8,5Company-reported. Lines page and about page; no specific insurer is published for this line.

Cowbell targets Prime Tech and Prime Tech Plus at technology businesses with up to $1B in revenue, listing example segments such as SaaS/app service providers, IT consultants, data analytics, hardware resellers, and web design or web services firms. ^2,4Company-reported. Risk Appetite sections of both PDFs.

Risklytics says enterprise customers usually require this coverage in procurement before signing a first customer contract, and that it becomes relevant once a customer relies on a model's output. ⁸Company-reported. Lines page.

Cowbell lists Prime Tech coverage for delay in delivery, negligence, misrepresentation, breach of warranty/contract, product failures, and software copyright disputes, plus associated cyber-related costs like cyber extortion, data restoration, social engineering, and business interruption. ²Company-reported. Prime Tech FAQ, 'What coverage is offered?' and 'other associated costs' lists.

Cowbell says Prime Tech includes duty to defend, defense costs for privacy-related regulatory proceedings, contractual-indemnity coverage, expansive breach-of-contract coverage, broad intellectual-property infringement coverage, and no exclusions for guarantees, consequential damages, or breach of warranties. ²Company-reported. 'Prime Tech Coverage Benefits' list; illustrative, subject to the issued policy.

Risklytics describes Tech E&O as responding when a company's product or service costs a customer money, such as a perception model mislabeling shipments or an integration error corrupting order data, and distinguishes it from cyber liability, which covers hacks and data leaks rather than a model's own faulty output. ⁸Company-reported. Lines page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

Cowbell states Prime Tech offers limits up to $5M, and Prime Tech Plus (the excess layer) also offers limits up to $5M above the underlying primary policy. ^2,4Company-reported. Product overview PDFs.

Risklytics lists a typical ask of $1 million to $5 million per claim for this line. ⁸Company-reported. Lines page; actual limits are set on the bound policy.

Cowbell says Prime Tech is 'powered by Cowbell Co-Pilot,' its AI-driven assistive underwriting tool, and that policyholders get the same Cowbell Resiliency Services, Cowbell Connectors, and complimentary Wizer cybersecurity-awareness training offered on its cyber products. ²Company-reported. Prime Tech PDF, page 2 (Cowbell Co-Pilot mention) and 'The Cowbell Advantage' list.

Risklytics calls Tech E&O the hardest line to get right because some insurers are quietly excluding AI-related losses, and says it reads every policy form for AI exclusions before it binds. ⁸Company-reported. Lines page.

Cowbell says Prime Tech is available on a surplus-lines basis in all 50 states and is distributed through agents rather than direct to businesses. ²Company-reported. 'Prime Tech Coverage Benefits' list, first bullet.

You start Risklytics Professional Liability (Tech E&O) Insurance through Risklytics' online application. Risklytics says there is no broker fee on top of the premium and a licensed producer stays on the file until the program binds; its commission is paid by the carrier out of the premium either way. ^9,5Company-reported. Pricing page describes the general application and fee process, not a line-specific form.