Embroker vs Marsh Cyber Insurance

Embroker sells a standalone cyber liability policy and separately notes lawyers professional liability buyers should also review its cyber page, describing cyber as covering both first-party and third-party losses. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page description; not a statement about the issuing insurer for this line.

Marsh's cyber risk practice places and advises on cyber insurance brokerage; it does not underwrite the policies it places. ⁹Company-reported. Marsh corporate cyber insurance product page.

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), Marsh's middle-market subsidiary, places cyber coverage and acts as a carrier liaison, combining placement with claims advocacy. ¹²Company-reported. MMA cyber solutions page.

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The reviewed pages do not name a specific cyber insurer for a standard placement. Marsh's Cyber ECHO excess facility lets clients choose underwriting from Lloyd's of London syndicates, company markets or Bermuda-based insurers, so the carrier varies by placement. ¹⁰Not publicly disclosed. Cyber ECHO facility page, which covers excess layers rather than every primary policy Marsh places.

Embroker markets cyber coverage to startups and tech companies, financial institutions, professional services firms, small and medium-sized businesses, healthcare providers and law firms, citing data-handling and digital-system exposure as the common thread. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page 'Who is cyber insurance coverage for?' section; not a guarantee of eligibility for a particular business.

MMA says any company can benefit from cyber coverage, but prioritizes organizations that store significant customer data, run large customer databases or hold valuable digital assets. ¹²Company-reported. MMA cyber solutions FAQ; MMA describes its own client base as middle-market organizations generally.

Embroker lists network security liability, privacy liability, data loss and recovery, business interruption, computer fraud and social-engineering losses, and cyber extortion including ransom payments among what the policy addresses. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page 'What does cyber insurance cover?' section; the issued policy and declarations control.

Embroker says a breach response can include notification costs, credit monitoring for affected individuals, civil damages, computer forensics investigation, and coverage for reputational-damage costs such as PR management. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page breach-response cost list.

Embroker warns that errors and omissions insurance is not cyber insurance and cannot substitute for it, even if the E&O policy has a technology error rider. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page 'Important Note'; distinguishes cyber from Embroker's separate tech E&O/cyber bundled product.

Embroker separates first-party coverage (the policyholder's own incident-response, data-recovery and business-interruption costs) from third-party coverage (legal defense, settlements, regulatory fines and damages to affected parties). ⁴Company-reported. Product-page 'First-party coverage vs. third-party coverage' section.

MMA lists incident investigation and response costs, network interruption/extra expense, extortion and ransomware payments, data restoration, and security and privacy liability as core cyber coverages, with media liability, privacy regulatory defense and reputation-based income loss available as additional coverages. ¹²Company-reported. MMA cyber solutions page; actual policy wording and insurer vary by placement.

The reviewed cyber product page does not publish specific limit or deductible amounts; a page section titled 'Does cyber insurance have a deductible?' is listed in the index but returns no disclosed figures. ⁴Not publicly disclosed. Product page as read on 2026-09-23.

Marsh says its Cyber ECHO excess facility can provide over $200 million of cyber capacity per client, with a free first reinstatement and a paid second reinstatement for separate cyber events within a policy year. ¹⁰Company-reported. Cyber ECHO facility page; describes excess capacity Marsh can arrange, not a standard primary limit.

Embroker offers a free online risk-profile tool and says applicants can request a cyber insurance quote in under 10 minutes by describing their business. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page calls to action; no quote was requested during this research.

You engage a named Marsh or MMA cyber specialist to design a placement; the reviewed pages describe advisor-led placement and risk analytics rather than an online self-serve quote. ^9,12Company-reported. Marsh and MMA cyber pages, which list dedicated cyber brokerage and placement leaders.

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Marsh's global claims and incident-management specialists review cyber claims, support litigation management and work with forensic accountants to prepare proof of loss, advocating with insurers on the client's behalf. ¹¹Company-reported. Claims Advocacy expertise page; recovery outcomes described as company-reported and not independently verified.