Founder Shield vs Newfront Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Founder Shield is a retail insurance brokerage, described on its site as “the innovation arm of The Baldwin Group,” and places Founder Shield Employment Practices Liability Insurance with third-party carriers rather than underwriting the policy itself. ⁷Company-reported. About-us page; applies to Founder Shield's brokerage model generally, restated here for this line.

Founder Shield says EPLI is often purchased standalone but is sometimes packaged with Directors & Officers coverage, since employee-related suits frequently name corporate officers personally. ⁶Company-reported. EPLI product page.

Newfront's Executive Risk practice brokers EPLI coverage, negotiating placement for management-liability lines. Deirdre Finn, the Executive Risk Solutions Practice Leader, oversees the D&O, employment-practices and fiduciary book of business. ¹²Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page and Leadership section.

Founder Shield says it places policies, including Founder Shield Employment Practices 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. ³Company-reported. General carrier-selection FAQ, not specific to this line's placements.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue an EPLI policy placed through Newfront. ¹²Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

Founder Shield markets EPLI to startups hiring their first employees, retail and hospitality businesses with high turnover, professional-services firms, technology companies, and non-profits with volunteers. ⁶Company-reported. EPLI product page.

Newfront says it services private companies from seed round through every series of funding and has worked with over 500 publicly traded companies, without an EPLI-specific eligibility threshold. ¹²Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not EPLI specifically.

Founder Shield lists defense costs, settlements and judgments, and claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation as what EPLI responds to. ⁶Company-reported. Product page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

Newfront lists Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) among its Executive Risk Key Coverages, and describes its management-liability work as "shielding D&Os from wrongful discrimination, termination, and other employment-related issues." ¹²Company-reported. Key Coverages list and Committed to Client Advocacy section; the quoted language frames EPLI around protecting leadership rather than describing named insuring agreements.

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The reviewed Executive Risk page does not publish EPLI limits or retentions. ¹²Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

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Newfront says it tailors guidance for every growth stage using predictive models to help coverage adapt to evolving risks, and offers 24/7 dashboard access to policies, certificates and billing. ¹²Company-reported. The Newfront Difference and Industry-Leading Technology sections of the Executive Risk page.

You request Founder Shield Employment Practices 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. ^7,3Company-reported. About-us and carrier-selection pages describe the general placement process, not a line-specific application form.

You start an EPLI placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ¹²Company-reported. Executive Risk page call-to-action; no online quoting or binding described.

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Newfront says it provides "integrated claims and coverage negotiation" for its Executive Risk lines, which would apply to an EPLI claim. ¹²Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not an EPLI-specific claims workflow.