Gallagher vs Heffernan Insurance Brokers Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Gallagher's Executive and Financial Risk practice places EPL insurance with outside carriers and advises on limits and program design; it does not underwrite the policy. ³Company-reported. Group-level executive-and-financial-risk practice page.

Heffernan places employment practices liability (EPL) coverage as part of its corporate and executive-protection lineup within its general business-insurance brokerage. It shops and places the policy with insurers rather than underwriting it. ⁸Company-reported. Business Insurance Brokerage page listing; no policy form or dedicated EPL product page was found.

The executive-and-financial-risk page does not name the insurer that would issue a given client's EPL policy. ³Not publicly disclosed. Checked the group-level executive-and-financial-risk practice page.

The reviewed pages do not name the insurer or insurers that issue EPL policies Heffernan places. ⁸Not publicly disclosed. Business Insurance Brokerage page as read on 2026-09-23.

Gallagher says its EPL exposure modeling accounts for an organization's employee count, employee type and mix, and location of operations, reflecting that EPL claim size correlates with organization size and diversity. ³Company-reported. Group-level executive-and-financial-risk practice page.

EPL appears in three separate parts of Heffernan's site: the general business-insurance page, the home-care agency practice, and the family-office/financial-firm practice, indicating it is offered to a range of business types rather than one narrow niche. ^8,9,10Company-reported. Direct practice-page listings; the pages do not publish a minimum size or industry restriction for EPL specifically.

Gallagher describes EPL coverage as responding to claims such as sexual harassment and wrongful termination, protecting against both class actions and single-plaintiff claims. ³Company-reported. Group-level executive-and-financial-risk practice page; a service description, not a specific policy's insuring agreement or exclusions.

In a 2016 article, Heffernan advisor Tanner Fornesi says EPL policies are modular and recommends buyers specifically request wage-and-hour coverage, a 100% hammer clause (so the insurer, not the policyholder, bears settlement costs above an offer the policyholder declines), and an immigration claim endorsement. ¹²Company-reported. 2016 educational article about EPL coverage generally, not a current Heffernan product specification; endorsement availability depends on the carrier and current market terms.

The page does not publish specific EPL limits or premium ranges; it describes only the benchmarking process used to recommend limits. ³Not publicly disclosed. Checked the group-level executive-and-financial-risk practice page.

The same 2016 article says wage-and-hour EPL sublimits were then commonly $100,000, with some carriers offering $150,000 to $250,000 for additional premium. ¹²Company-reported. Market commentary in a 2016 article, not a current quote or a limit Heffernan guarantees today.

Gallagher says it uses client data and predictive models, plus benchmarking and contract analysis, to guide EPL limits advice, and maintains its own EPL and Wage and Hour loss databases, including a review of historical losses exceeding $1 million drawn from a database it says it began building in 1997. ³Company-reported. Group-level executive-and-financial-risk practice page; Gallagher's own analytical tools, not independently audited.

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The reviewed pages describe no EPL-specific application or online quote process; buyers reach the coverage through Heffernan's general business-insurance brokerage contact route. ⁸Not found in reviewed sources. Business Insurance Brokerage page as read on 2026-09-23.

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Heffernan's published claims-advocacy services cover workers' compensation, general liability, auto, and property claims; the page does not list employment-related claims handling as part of that service. ¹¹Not found in reviewed sources. Claims Advocacy page as read on 2026-09-23; does not establish that EPL claims receive no support, only that this page does not describe it.