Hiscox vs Risklytics 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.

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. ⁷Company-reported. About page; describes Risklytics' brokerage model generally, restated for this line.

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.

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. ^10,7Company-reported. Lines page and about page; no specific insurer is published for this line.

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.

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. ¹⁰Company-reported. Lines page.

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.

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. ¹⁰Company-reported. Lines page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

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.

Risklytics lists a typical ask of $1 million or more in enterprise contracts for this line. ¹⁰Company-reported. Lines page; actual limits are set on the bound policy.

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.

Risklytics calls cyber the easiest line for its clients to get with reasonable security basics in place, and says whether a prompt-injection attack or a model leaking data is covered depends on policy wording it reads before binding. ¹⁰Company-reported. Lines 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.

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. ^11,7Company-reported. Pricing page describes the general application and fee process, not a line-specific form.