HUB International vs USI Insurance Services Cyber Insurance

HUB brokers cyber insurance rather than underwriting the coverage itself, and connects clients with cyber insurance specialists for a policy assessment. ⁴Company-reported. Cyber insurance product page as read 2026-09-23; the page does not name an issuing insurer.

USI is a broker, not an insurer, for cyber coverage. It places cyber and privacy liability policies for clients and layers on its own manuscripted program, PrivaSafe, rather than underwriting the risk itself. ^8,6Company-reported. PrivaSafe program page and USI's property & casualty and technology practice pages.

The cyber insurance page does not name an issuing insurer; HUB places cyber coverage with carriers that vary by client and placement. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. Checked the cyber insurance product page on 2026-09-23; no carrier is disclosed there.

USI does not name the insurer that issues PrivaSafe or other cyber policies on the pages reviewed. PrivaSafe is described as a manuscripted (custom-drafted) coverage form that USI negotiates with the market, so the carrier varies by placement. ⁸Not publicly disclosed. PrivaSafe program page as read on 2026-09-23; no dedicated cyber carrier list was found.

HUB frames cyber insurance as relevant to any business that stores data on a network, without publishing a narrower eligibility list by size or industry on this page. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page framing; not a published underwriting appetite.

USI markets PrivaSafe to middle-market firms, saying they are particularly vulnerable to cyber events because they have limited in-house access to security expertise. The page also says any business that gathers personal or health information, manages a network, or accepts electronic payments is a potential target. ⁸Company-reported. Program page marketing description, not an underwriting appetite statement.

HUB lists cyber coverage it arranges as privacy attorney services, IT forensic investigation, state breach-notification compliance costs, credit monitoring for affected individuals, crisis PR engagement, regulatory fines and class-action defense from a data breach. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page coverage list; the issued policy and its exclusions control an actual claim.

HUB cites statistics that data-privacy attacks occur roughly every 40 seconds in the U.S., that 85% of data-breach insurance claims come from small to midsize businesses, and that two-thirds of breaches are tied to third-party IT vendors, to explain why it recommends cyber coverage. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page statistics are company-cited industry figures, not independently verified by Spot and not HUB-specific claims data.

USI describes PrivaSafe as covering three areas: liability costs (including inability to protect information and related tort liability), compliance and corrective costs (data breach and forensic costs, privacy regulatory costs, payment-card standards), and direct costs (network interruption, data reconstruction, cyber extortion, bricking, voluntary shutdown, reputational harm business interruption, and cyber crime). ⁸Company-reported. PrivaSafe program page; actual insuring agreements and exclusions are set by the issued policy form.

Published policy limits or retentions for HUB-placed cyber coverage were not found on the product page; the page instead argues that response costs following a breach can reach the six figures to counter a perception that cyber insurance is unnecessary. ⁴Not publicly disclosed. Checked the cyber insurance product page on 2026-09-23; limits are set on the quote and declarations.

USI says PrivaSafe can prevent uninsured or underinsured losses up to $10 million, includes up to $2 million in notification-cost coverage in addition to the policy's aggregate limit, and $250,000 in defense-cost coverage outside the limit (with additional limit available). ⁸Company-reported. Program page figures describe the PrivaSafe structure generally; a buyer's actual limits, sublimits and retentions are set on the policy declarations.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

USI says PrivaSafe includes pre-breach services to help avoid cyber threats and post-breach services designed to streamline incident response and recovery, on top of USI's general property & casualty cyber specialists. ^8,9Company-reported. Program page and property-casualty practice team description.

HUB directs you to a broker or its cyber specialists for a policy assessment; no online quote is described. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page call to action as read 2026-09-23.

To review cyber exposure with USI, the program page says a buyer should be ready to provide current cyber policies (if any), an assessment of its largest financial and operational cyber vulnerabilities, and its most recent audited financials. ⁸Company-reported. PrivaSafe program page intake description.