Founder Shield vs Risklytics: How Do They Compare for Cyber Insurance?

Founder Shield calls cyber coverage a priority for healthcare, financial services, SaaS and e-commerce companies, citing their exposure to data breaches and business interruption. ¹Company-reported. Cyber Liability product page.

Risklytics says companies typically need this coverage the first time they hold customer data in production, and that enterprise and government contracts require it once a vendor touches their data. ⁴Company-reported. Lines page.

You request Founder Shield Cyber 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. ^2,3Company-reported. About-us and carrier-selection pages describe the general placement process, not a line-specific application form.

You start Risklytics Cyber Liability 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. ^6,5Company-reported. Pricing page describes the general application and fee process, not a line-specific form.

Founder Shield lists loss or damage to electronic data, income loss and extra expense from a system outage, cyber extortion payments, and breach-notification and reputation-management costs as the branches of cyber coverage it places. ¹Company-reported. Product page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

Founder Shield says cyber policies typically exclude loss of value from stolen IP, internal technology system upgrades, and possible future lost profits. ¹Company-reported. Product page; specific exclusions depend on the issued policy.

Risklytics describes Cyber Liability as paying for breach cleanup, legally required notifications, and the claims that follow a hack or data leak, such as a ransomware attack or exfiltrated customer records, and says it does not respond to a model giving bad output with no breach involved. ⁴Company-reported. Lines page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

Founder Shield is a retail insurance brokerage, described on its site as “the innovation arm of The Baldwin Group,” and places Founder Shield Cyber Liability Insurance with third-party carriers rather than underwriting the policy itself. ²Company-reported. About-us page; applies to Founder Shield's brokerage model generally, restated here for this line.

Risklytics Insurance Services is a licensed insurance producer (NPN 22311838) that places Risklytics Cyber Liability 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.

Founder Shield says it places policies, including Founder Shield Cyber 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.

Risklytics does not name the carrier that underwrites Risklytics Cyber Liability 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. ^4,5Company-reported. Lines page and about page; no specific insurer is published for this line.