Insurance for Technology Companies

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Industry overview

Technology is transforming life, business, and the global economy. A relentless parade of new technology is unfolding on every front; and with innovation comes risk. Chubb understands this fast-paced industry and the risks that technology businesses face. For more than 30 years, Chubb’s insurance solutions have helped protect technology companies against risk.
What is Technology insurance?

Technology insurance provides coverage for technology businesses of all sizes, from startups to multinationals, protecting against both physical and digital risks such as property damage and cyber threats, and is tailored for industries like software, hardware, technology services, consulting, and communications.

What coverage does Chubb provide?

Chubb provides coverage including Package, Lower Middle Market Package, Primary Casualty, Workers Compensation, Property, Auto, Umbrella, E&O/Cyber, Environmental, Financial Lines, Multinational, Foreign, Marine, Aviation, and Accident & Health.

Who is it for?

This insurance is designed for technology services and consulting firms, software and system developers, communications and network service providers, and electronics and hardware manufacturers.

What services does Chubb provide?

Chubb offers a single point of access to enhance efficiency and ensure continuity across multiple lines of insurance products. We provide industry-specific dedicated underwriting, claims, and risk engineering, with claims professionals who have significant expertise in technology claims to deliver a seamless experience. Our team of risk consultants help technology companies identify, mitigate, and control physical, legal, and workplace risk, and we offer E&O risk engineering services focused on exposure evaluation and contractual risk management.

Use case example

A developer and manufacturer of imaging equipment suffered a fire caused by an overheated battery backup system, resulting in the total loss of a clean room and critical equipment. Chubb’s prompt response included covering lost business income during reconstruction, helping the client recover quickly and maintain business continuity.

Products & Services

At Chubb, we help technology companies of all types and sizes protect against risk so that they can keep innovating and growing — from small startups to large multinationals, private venture-backed companies to public corporations. 

Errors & omissions (E&O) insurance
In an increasingly litigious society, it’s critical to have insurance protection against liabilities impacting professionals, the services they provide, and their company’s financial reputation.
Cyber insurance
Our cyber enterprise risk management insurance covers business interruption loss due to a network failure or attack, as well as investigation costs, legal costs, and other expenses.
Multinational insurance
U.S.-based companies with global operations want their insurance programs to be consistent across their sites and operations. Chubb’s tailored multinational coverage can help smooth that process.
Workers' compensation insurance
Companies of all sizes can get customized coverage with features like proactive managed care to speed return-to-work timeframes, fraud detection and prevention, and litigation and recovery management.
Umbrella & excess casualty insurance
Our robust, feature-rich policies offer insurance protection over and above your underlying policy limits and coverage options for your organization’s unique exposures.
Commercial auto insurance
Protect against vehicle operation exposures with our expert solutions — including enhanced policy features, driver training programs, and digital tools to assess, manage, and mitigate your risks.

Commercial package insurance

In addition to coverage for large, multinational companies, Chubb covers small and midsize businesses with three package policy options — Business Owners Policy (BOP), Benchmarq, and Customarq. Each combines property, business income, and general liability insurance, and can be tailored for your specific exposures.
Business owners policy (BOP)

Protect your small business with this customizable insurance package policy. 

Benchmarq

Designed to be scalable for small to midsize businesses, Benchmarq is a flexible, customizable package including property, business income, and general liability insurance. 

Customarq

Our proprietary package product offers midsize businesses property, business income, and general liability insurance with a wealth of options to suit your needs. 

Research

Middle Market Indicator

Chubb partners with the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) to support the Middle Market Indicator (MMI), a semiannual research survey launched in 2012. The insights gained through this partnership plant the seeds of new ways Chubb can support and protect middle market businesses in a rapidly changing world. The MMI polls 1000 executives (CEOs, CFOs and other financial decision makers) from middle market companies with $10 million to $1 billion in annual revenue.

Frequently Asked Questions

At Chubb, we tailor your insurance solutions based on the specific needs and exposures of your company, informed by our broad and deep expertise in the technology insurance practice area.

 

That expertise and our extensive portfolio of technology clients — as well as our access to up-to-date industry data — allow us to benchmark the types of risks and losses technology companies face, as well as the coverage limits that are most prudent for your type and size of business. 

Technology companies are somewhat unique in the combination of risks to which they’re susceptible. Like many other companies, tech companies have tangible physical assets — like manufacturing facilities or consultancy office spaces. In tech, there are also amplified risks related to digital exposures that sometimes seem less tangible but are no less treacherous.

 

For example, if you manufacture or sell — or if your consultancy service recommends — software for a hospital system and that software has a vulnerability that exposes patient data, you can be liable for financial loss, privacy breaches, and more. Chubb understands and expertly underwrites these complex, multifaceted technology coverages.

Resources

Insights and expertise

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