Marsh vs Newfront Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Marsh's financial and professional liability practice places employment practices liability insurance (EPLI); MMA also places EPL coverage within its executive and professional liability practice for middle-market clients. ^5,6Company-reported. Marsh EPL page and MMA executive and professional liability page.

Newfront's Executive Risk practice brokers EPLI coverage, negotiating placement for management-liability lines. Deirdre Finn, the Executive Risk Solutions Practice Leader, oversees the D&O, employment-practices and fiduciary book of business. ¹¹Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page and Leadership section.

The reviewed pages do not name a specific EPLI insurer; the named endorsements appear to be Marsh-negotiated policy features rather than a Marsh-underwritten product. ^5,6Not publicly disclosed. Marsh EPL page and MMA executive and professional liability page as read on 2026-09-23.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue an EPLI policy placed through Newfront. ¹¹Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

Marsh says employers of all sizes face potential EPL liability, but its named endorsements target companies by size band: over 4,000 employees for the Global Leaders Endorsement and 250 to 4,000 employees for the Leaders Preferred Endorsement. ⁵Company-reported. Marsh EPL page.

Newfront says it services private companies from seed round through every series of funding and has worked with over 500 publicly traded companies, without an EPLI-specific eligibility threshold. ¹¹Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not EPLI specifically.

Marsh says EPLI can respond to allegations including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, failure to employ or promote, negligent evaluation, and violation of an employee's civil rights, brought by past, present or prospective employees or third parties. ⁵Company-reported. Marsh EPL page; illustrative policy description, not a specific policy form.

Marsh names two proprietary EPL endorsements: the Global Leaders Endorsement, built for large and multinational companies with more than 4,000 employees, and the Leaders Preferred Endorsement, for midsize companies with 250 to 4,000 employees. ⁵Company-reported. Marsh EPL page, Marsh's EPL services section.

Newfront lists Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) among its Executive Risk Key Coverages, and describes its management-liability work as "shielding D&Os from wrongful discrimination, termination, and other employment-related issues." ¹¹Company-reported. Key Coverages list and Committed to Client Advocacy section; the quoted language frames EPLI around protecting leadership rather than describing named insuring agreements.

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The reviewed Executive Risk page does not publish EPLI limits or retentions. ¹¹Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

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Newfront says it tailors guidance for every growth stage using predictive models to help coverage adapt to evolving risks, and offers 24/7 dashboard access to policies, certificates and billing. ¹¹Company-reported. The Newfront Difference and Industry-Leading Technology sections of the Executive Risk page.

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You start an EPLI placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ¹¹Company-reported. Executive Risk page call-to-action; no online quoting or binding described.

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Newfront says it provides "integrated claims and coverage negotiation" for its Executive Risk lines, which would apply to an EPLI claim. ¹¹Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not an EPLI-specific claims workflow.