MediaTech

What we offer

Beazley’s MediaTech policy form is streamlined and comprehensive to cover technology and business services companies seamlessly in the event of a claim and includes errors & omissions (E&O) and media coverage. 

E&O

A wide range of technology-based services and technology products
Broad professional liability to address the need to cover non-technology professional
services
Unintentional breach of contract for professional liability exposure.

Media

Online and offline media, including content published on social media, for companies
involved in advertising their own products, as well as while performing services for others
A wide range of trade secret misappropriation claims
Unfair competition alleged with copyright or trademark infringement
Mental anguish and emotional distress
Defamation, invasion of privacy and plagiarism.

Cyber coverage includes:

Breach response costs

Legal services
Computer forensic services
Notification services
Call centre services
Credit monitoring, identity monitoring or other personal fraud or loss prevention solutions
Public relations and crisis management expenses.

First-party

Business interruption loss from security breach or system failure
Dependent business interruption loss from security breach or system failure
Cyber extortion loss
Data recovery loss
Data and network liability.

Third-party

Third-party information security and privacy coverage
Full media liability
Regulatory defense and penalties
Payment card liability and costs.

eCrime

Fraudulent instruction
Funds transfer
Telephone fraud.
Criminal reward

Limits up to $25m/€25m/£15m

How can we help

Our cyber & tech claims team’s experienced litigators have a deep understanding of the liabilities that technology companies face today, which we use to anticipate new needs on the horizon. We have helped our insureds through thousands of errors & omissions claims involving software failures, hardware defects, implementation errors and downtime, as well as intellectual property rights and personal injury disputes arising from media content.

Who we can help

Software and hardware companies
Systems integrators
Telecom
Technology outsourcers
Technology consulting
Internet services
Combined hardware/software and business service providers

Where Is This Offered?

Worldwide

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Examples or Scenarios

A healthcare consulting company was sued alleging that software developed by the insured technology company malfunctioned and resulted in errors in submitting claims to insurance companies for reimbursement. Claimant alleged if the software worked properly, the claims would have been covered by insurance. Beazley was able to assist the insured in negotiating defense counsel rates as well as a lower than expected settlement.

A software company developed a platform for a telecommunications company to analyze their customers’ broadband usage. The telecommunications company experienced an issue with the platform that led to the incorrect recording of the data usage. As a result, almost 100,000 customers had their broadband data usage incorrectly recorded. After the telecommunications company settled with a regulator to compensate the impacted subscribers, Beazley worked with the insured software company to retain expert defense counsel and resolve the matter. 