Newfront vs RiskCube Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Newfront brokers EPLI from seed through public companies with a named Executive Risk leader; RiskCube lists EPLI on a startup catalogue and routes you to a contact form.

What Is Newfront?

Newfront is a business-insurance and employee-benefits brokerage that combines specialist teams with online policy-management tools. It is now part of WTW. 1,2,3,4

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What Is RiskCube Insurance?

RiskCube offers startup insurance brokerage through RiskCube Insurance Services, LLC, with a platform for comparing quotes and managing policies. Its published services emphasize vendor requirements, certificates and renewals; California product eligibility and applicable fees require confirmation. 6,7,8

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What Is Employment Practices Liability Insurance?

Employment practices liability insurance addresses claims alleging workplace wrongdoing, such as discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination. 11

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Key Differences in Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Named Practice Versus Catalogue Card

Newfront’s Executive Risk practice brokers EPLI, with Deirdre Finn overseeing the employment-practices book alongside D&O and fiduciary. RiskCube lists EPLI in a startup catalogue sold through an independent brokerage that does not underwrite. Both place carrier paper; Newfront publishes a practice leader and consultation path, while RiskCube’s EPLI “Learn more” link is a general contact form. 5 9 10

Seed-to-Public Versus First Employees

Newfront says it services private companies from seed through every funding series and has worked with over 500 publicly traded companies. RiskCube’s catalogue says EPLI is critical for startups hiring their first employees or scaling a team rapidly. Early hiring is RiskCube’s documented frame; Newfront’s documented frame continues through public-company work. 5 9

Services and Form Detail

Newfront describes predictive models, 24/7 dashboard access to policies, certificates and billing, and integrated claims and coverage negotiation, and frames EPLI around protecting directors from employment claims. RiskCube’s catalogue says EPLI covers wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment or retaliation by current or former employees, with no dashboard, limits or insurer named. Newfront’s page also leaves insurer and limits undisclosed. 5 9

What to Confirm in Employment Practices Liability Insurance Quotes

  • Ask RiskCube whether it still places EPLI after the first-hire stage; ask Newfront how EPLI sits with D&O at your current round. 9 5
  • Get issuing insurers from both. 5 9
  • Compare Newfront’s dashboard and claims-negotiation language with how RiskCube would service a claim after the contact form. 5 10
  • Neither page publishes limits; put retention and defense-inside-limit on both quotes. 5 9

Offering Details

Newfront vs RiskCube Employment Practices Liability Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaNewfront Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)RiskCube Employment Practices Liability Insurance
Role in This Line

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. 5Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page and Leadership section.

RiskCube lists Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) as one line in its startup catalogue, sold through RiskCube Insurance Services, LLC, which the catalogue page describes as an "Independent brokerage." RiskCube does not underwrite the policy itself. 9Company-reported. Catalogue-level description; no EPLI-specific product page exists to confirm additional role detail.

Issuing Insurer

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue an EPLI policy placed through Newfront. 5Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Who It’s For

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. 5Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not EPLI specifically.

RiskCube's catalogue says EPLI is "critical for startups hiring their first employees or scaling a team rapidly," framing it around early hiring growth rather than company size generally. 9Company-reported. Catalogue marketing description, not an underwriting eligibility rule.

Coverage Features

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." 5Company-reported. Key Coverages list and Committed to Client Advocacy section; the quoted language frames EPLI around protecting leadership rather than describing named insuring agreements.

RiskCube's catalogue describes EPLI as covering claims from current or former employees alleging wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment or retaliation. 9Company-reported. One-paragraph catalogue card; no policy form or endorsement list was found for this line.

Limits and Retentions

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not publish EPLI limits or retentions. 5Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

The reviewed EPLI catalogue card and contact-form page do not publish limit, retention or premium ranges for this line. 9,10Not publicly disclosed. Public pages checked on 2026-09-23; amounts may appear only on an individual quote.

Risk Services

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. 5Company-reported. The Newfront Difference and Industry-Leading Technology sections of the Executive Risk page.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

How to Apply

You start an EPLI placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. 5Company-reported. Executive Risk page call-to-action; no online quoting or binding described.

Unlike RiskCube's technology E&O and key person life insurance lines, the catalogue's "Learn more" link for EPLI (riskcubeai.com/insurance/epli) redirects to a general contact form rather than a dedicated page describing an EPLI-specific application flow, timeline or required intake information. 10Not found in reviewed sources. Checked on 2026-09-23; the URL may change to a dedicated page later.

Claims Support

Newfront says it provides "integrated claims and coverage negotiation" for its Executive Risk lines, which would apply to an EPLI claim. 5Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not an EPLI-specific claims workflow.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Full Comparison

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Sources

Newfront

  1. Business Insurance. Newfront; Purpose-Built Team; Full Transparency; Streamlined Program Management. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  2. Employee Benefits. Newfront; Employee Benefits heading; Tailored Solutions; Comprehensive Expertise: Benefits, Global Benefits, Compensation and Retirement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Newfront Navigator. Newfront; Total Access. Real Confidence; Explore What You Can Do in Navigator; product demonstration image. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  4. WTW Completes Acquisition Of Newfront. WTW; 27 January 2026 release; completion announcement and allocation of Business Insurance and Total Rewards to WTW segments. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  5. Executive Risk. Newfront; Key Coverages to Protect Your Business: Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI); Committed to Client Advocacy: shielding D&Os from wrongful discrimination and termination; Leadership: Deirdre Finn. Accessed 2026-09-23.

RiskCube

  1. Startup Business Insurance. RiskCube; Solution; Compare/Buy/Manage; Who we insure; footer. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Licenses & Disclosures. RiskCube; Property & Casualty Producer/Broker Licenses; February 11, 2026 version. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Disclosures & Compensation. RiskCube; Sections 1–5; February 11, 2026 version. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Startup Insurance Coverage. RiskCube; Employment Practices Liability card: "EPLI covers claims from current or former employees alleging wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. Critical for startups hiring their first employees or scaling a team rapidly."; footer "CA License #6017028 ... Independent brokerage · NPN 21694336". Accessed 2026-09-23.
  5. Contact RiskCube. RiskCube; The catalogue's Employment Practices Liability "Learn more" link resolves to a general contact form, not a dedicated EPLI product page. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Employment Practices Liability Insurance Guide

  1. Employment Practices Liability Insurance. Insurance Information Institute; Opening; What EPLI covers; Steps to limit employment liability risk. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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