Gallagher vs WTW: How Do They Compare for 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.

Under WTW's North American Corporate Risk & Broking terms, WTW normally acts as the client's insurance intermediary for engagements governed by those terms. ¹¹Company-reported. Terms for applicable North American Corporate Risk & Broking engagements. WTW also discloses separate insurer-side services in some arrangements; this does not determine the role in a specific engagement.

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 WTW sources do not identify an issuing insurer for a specific employment practices placement. ^11,10Not publicly disclosed. This is a gap in the cited marketing, annual-report, and brokerage materials; it does not mean WTW lacks insurer markets. Confirm the carrier on the quote and issued policy.

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.

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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.

WTW's FY2024 annual report lists employment-practices liability insurance among its FINEX solutions. ¹⁰Company-reported. Historical group-level service description only; current U.S. placement, insurer, policy wording, and buyer eligibility are not established.

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 reviewed sources do not state a buyer-specific employment practices limit, retention, or deductible. ^11,10Not publicly disclosed. No limit or deductible is inferred from general marketing or WTW's brokerage role; the insurer's quote and issued forms control.

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.

WTW's North American terms describe reviewing binders, policies, and endorsements against the terms negotiated with the insurer. ¹¹Company-reported. Broker document-review process under the cited terms, when WTW handles this line's placement. It does not certify that a policy covers a claim or replace the issued wording.

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WTW's North American terms say an insurer quote is not confirmation of coverage; if the client orders binding, WTW seeks a formal insurer commitment, typically a binder. ¹¹Company-reported. Applies to placements governed by the cited North American Corporate Risk & Broking terms. It does not establish a self-service quote route or promise coverage availability for this line.