Hiscox vs Resilience Cyber Insurance

Hiscox Inc. sells cyber insurance directly online as a standalone product for small businesses, separate from its business owner's policy, which also offers an optional cyber add-on. ⁴Company-reported. Company-stated standalone small-business cyber product; the BOP cyber add-on is a distinct package option described on a different page.

Resilience pairs a cyber insurance policy with security services such as threat monitoring and breach-and-attack simulations. In the US, the policy is placed by a distributor rather than underwritten by the Resilience brand itself. ⁹Company-reported. Cyber Insurance product page description of the combined offering, accessed 2026-09-23.

Hiscox's appetite guide and About Hiscox US page name Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. (NAIC 10200) as the underwriter of admitted Hiscox NOW cyber policies. ^6,3Company-reported. Admitted small-business cyber coverage as described in company materials; the exact contracting entity for a particular state or channel should be confirmed on the quote.

Resilience's US disclosure states that cyber insurance products are distributed by Ocrea Risk Services, LLC (NPN 19169260), doing business as Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions, and underwritten by Homeland Insurance Company of New York or Homeland Insurance Company of Delaware, both subsidiaries of Intact Insurance Group USA LLC. The disclosure does not say which of the two Homeland entities issues a given policy. ¹⁰Company-reported. US paragraph of Resilience's disclaimer page, accessed 2026-09-23; product- and state-specific issuer mapping is not published.

Hiscox markets cyber insurance to small businesses broadly and specifically to IT and technology consultants, describing itself as customizing coverage for the technology sector's data-handling and security exposures. ^4,5Company-reported. Company-stated audience across the standalone cyber page and the IT-insurance page.

Resilience markets US cyber insurance across industries including healthcare, higher education, financial institutions and services, manufacturing, construction, law firms, professional services, public entities, retail, hospitality, technology, life sciences, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. ⁹Company-reported. "Broad Market Appetite" availability table for the United States, accessed 2026-09-23; the table does not state a minimum revenue or company-size threshold for cyber (unlike the separate tech E&O appetite range).

Hiscox describes cyber coverage as responding to data breaches, cyberattacks and related losses, and its IT-insurance page shows an illustrative breach-response example describing notification and related costs after a data incident. ^4,5Company-reported. Product-page description; the illustrative example is explicitly a hypothetical scenario, not a specific limit or claim outcome, and actual coverage terms are set by the issued policy.

Resilience lists privacy wrongful-act coverage, eCrime coverage up to $500,000, coverage for incident costs that exceed the policy limit (such as legal, forensics and crisis communications), and funds-transfer-fraud recovery assistance among its cyber policy features. ⁹Company-reported. "Policy Coverage" section of the product page; actual insuring agreements, sublimits and exclusions are set by the issued policy.

The cyber product page does not publish standard limit, retention or deductible amounts; figures shown elsewhere on the site are illustrative examples rather than quotes. ⁴Not publicly disclosed. Public product page as previously reviewed.

Resilience advertises cyber limits up to $20 million, available on a primary or excess basis, with a separate eCrime sublimit of up to $500,000. The page does not publish minimum limits, retentions or deductibles. ⁹Company-reported. "Top-Rated Insurance with Broad Market Appetite" and "Policy Coverage" sections; figures are marketing maximums, not a specific quote.

The reviewed cyber product page does not describe ongoing security-monitoring or risk-prevention services made available to policyholders; it describes post-incident breach-response coverage rather than a monitoring service. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. Standalone cyber product page as previously reviewed.

Resilience says policyholders get proactive threat monitoring from its Risk Operations Center and access to breach-and-attack simulations powered by AttackIQ, in addition to the policy itself. ⁹Company-reported. "The Resilience Advantage" section of the cyber product page.

Hiscox says eligible buyers can get a cyber insurance quote online, with a licensed-agent phone line available for questions during the process. ⁴Company-reported. Company-described online application; eligibility and binding conditions require confirmation on the actual application.

The reviewed cyber product page does not describe a self-service online application or quoting process; it routes visitors to request a quote or watch a product overview rather than showing an application flow. ⁹Not publicly disclosed. Cyber Insurance product page, accessed 2026-09-23.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Resilience describes a fully in-house claims and incident-response team available 24/7, with a dedicated claims manager who stays with the policyholder from initial triage through settlement, backed by an outside panel of privacy-law, forensics and crisis-communications specialists. ¹¹Company-reported. Claims & Incident Response page, accessed 2026-09-23; response-time and outcome statistics on that page are company-reported and not independently verified.