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title: "Hiscox Cyber Insurance"
description: "What Hiscox Cyber Insurance covers, who it’s for, and how to apply, cited to Hiscox’s own published sources."
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updated-at: "2026-09-23"
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# Hiscox Cyber Insurance

Hiscox Cyber Security 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. [1](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-security-insurance "Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Company-stated standalone small-business cyber product; the BOP cyber add-on is a distinct package option described on a different page.)

## Issuing Insurer

- 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. [3](https://www.hiscox.com/about-hiscox-insurance "About Hiscox US Insurance") [4](https://www.hiscox.com/documents/partner-agent/appetite_guide/Hiscox-NOW-Appetite-Guide.pdf "Hiscox US Agent Appetite Guide") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: 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.)

## Who It’s For

- 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. [1](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-security-insurance "Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses") [2](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/professional-business-insurance/it-insurance "IT Professional & General Liability Insurance") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Company-stated audience across the standalone cyber page and the IT-insurance page.)

## Coverage Features

- 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. [1](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-security-insurance "Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses") [2](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/professional-business-insurance/it-insurance "IT Professional & General Liability Insurance") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: 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.)

## Limits and Retentions

- **Not publicly disclosed.** 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. [1](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-security-insurance "Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses") (Scope: Public product page as previously reviewed.)

## Risk Services

- **Not found in reviewed sources.** 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. [1](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-security-insurance "Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses") (Scope: Standalone cyber product page as previously reviewed.)

## How to Apply

- Hiscox says eligible buyers can get a cyber insurance quote online, with a licensed-agent phone line available for questions during the process. [1](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-security-insurance "Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Company-described online application; eligibility and binding conditions require confirmation on the actual application.)

## Hiscox Cyber Insurance Compared

- [Hiscox vs Alliance Risk](https://spot.insure/compare/alliance-risk-vs-hiscox/cyber)
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## Other Hiscox Coverage Lines

- [Hiscox Business Owner’s Policy](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/hiscox/business-owners-policy)
- [Hiscox General Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/hiscox/general-liability)
- [Hiscox Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/hiscox/professional-errors-omissions)
- [Hiscox Workers’ Compensation Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/hiscox/workers-compensation)

## Related

- [Hiscox Profile](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/hiscox)
- [Hiscox Reliability](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/hiscox/reliability)
- [Hiscox Alternatives](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/hiscox/alternatives)
- [Coverage Guide: Cyber liability](https://spot.insure/coverage/cyber)

## Sources

1. [Cyber Insurance for Small Businesses](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-security-insurance). Hiscox; Standalone cyber security/cyber liability product with online quote; data-breach, cyberattack and related-loss descriptions; licensed-agent phone number. Accessed 2026-09-16.
2. [IT Professional & General Liability Insurance](https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/professional-business-insurance/it-insurance). Hiscox; IT/technology professional audience; illustrative cyber breach-response example. Accessed 2026-09-16.
3. [About Hiscox US Insurance](https://www.hiscox.com/about-hiscox-insurance). Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent. Accessed 2026-09-16.
4. [Hiscox US Agent Appetite Guide](https://www.hiscox.com/documents/partner-agent/appetite_guide/Hiscox-NOW-Appetite-Guide.pdf). Hiscox; Hiscox NOW admitted GL, PL, cyber and BOP underwritten by Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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