Corgi vs Markel: Media Liability Insurance

Corgi offers a claims-made media policy you request online, starting in its Series A package; Markel Insurance lists media liability within its Cyber 360 policy, for content that promotes a business.

Kearny Risk organizes these comparisons for firms whose advice, content or technology creates professional exposures.Research updated 2026-09-30

What Are the Key Differences Between Corgi and Markel Insurance Media Liability Insurance?

Startup stage and policy trigger

Corgi includes media liability from its Series A package onward, not in Pre-Seed & Seed, and its standard form is claims-made for listed published-content allegations. Markel places media liability within Cyber 360 and describes protection for specified promotional digital content during or after a cyber event. An earlier-stage company or one with content disputes unrelated to cyber should ask whether the proposal responds to its specific scenario. [2] [4] [7]

Limits and legal review

Corgi illustrates up to $1 million per claim and $2 million aggregate, with defense costs inside the limit and a $5,000 retention; it also offers an optional reimbursement endorsement for pre-publication legal review. Markel's reviewed description does not give a media sublimit or describe a content-review service. These details affect both available protection and the cost of reviewing risky material before publication. [4] [7]

What Should You Confirm in Corgi and Markel Insurance Media Liability Insurance Quotes?

  • Ask Corgi whether the optional pre-publication review endorsement is quoted and confirm defense costs erode its displayed limit.
  • Ask Markel whether its media terms cover claims-made published-content allegations outside a cyber event and what media limit applies.

Areas of coverage

Corgi

  • role: Corgi includes Media Liability starting in its Series A package and continues it through Growth Stage and Custom; it is not part of the Pre-Seed & Seed package. Homepage package contents as read on 2026-09-23.company-reportedSource ↗
  • insurer: Corgi's media product page does not name the issuing insurer. Corgi's disclaimers page says coverage on the platform is underwritten by carrier affiliates or third-party partners depending on the product, jurisdiction and risk, with the specific carrier disclosed in the issued policy documents. Media product page and general Corgi underwriting disclosure; not specific confirmation of which entity underwrites media policies.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • coverage: The standard policy (CORG-ML-0100) is claims-made and covers defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright and trademark infringement, plagiarism and product disparagement arising from published content, but excludes patent infringement, trade-secret misappropriation, Lanham Act false-advertising claims, and knowing false statements. Media coverage table and scenario/policy notes; illustrative summary, not policy wording.company-reportedSource ↗
  • limits: Corgi shows illustrative media limits of up to $1 million per claim and $2 million aggregate, with defense costs inside the limit and a $5,000 per-claim self-insured retention. Media coverage table, described as illustrative.company-reportedSource ↗
  • services: Corgi offers an optional Pre-Publication Legal Review Cost Reimbursement endorsement that covers the cost of media-counsel review of content flagged as risky before it is published, rather than only after a claim; the base policy does not include this service. Media add-ons section.company-reportedSource ↗
  • application: You request a Media quote through Corgi's online "Get a Media quote" flow, the same self-serve path Corgi uses for its other startup lines. Media product page call to action.company-reportedSource ↗

Markel Insurance

  • role: Markel lists media liability within the coverages available under its Cyber 360 product; the reviewed page does not establish a standalone media-liability policy. Cyber 360 subcoverage only; no separate program inferred.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: Markel describes Cyber 360 media liability for specified issues involving digital content a business shares to promote its products or services, during or after a cyber event. Illustrative product-page description; wording, limits and exclusions depend on the policy.company-reportedSource ↗
  • eligibility: The coverage is described within a cyber-policy catalogue for businesses; standalone eligibility outside Cyber 360 was not established. Cyber 360 target/appetite is account-specific.company-reportedSource ↗

Corgi shows media coverage beginning at Series A, with up to $1 million per claim and a $5,000 retention; Markel places media liability inside Cyber 360 for specified promotional digital content during or after a cyber event.

Sources reviewed

  1. 01
    Media Application Form — United States

    CFC Underwriting Limited · Sections 1–2 PDF pp.2–5; Section 3 pp.5–6; Section 4 pp.7–8; Sections 6–7 pp.10–11 · accessed 2026-09-16

  2. 02
    Corgi Insurance: Startup Insurance, Quoted in Minutes

    Corgi Insurance · Coverage Designed Around Your Startup's Journey: Media Liability listed starting in the Series A package tier · accessed 2026-09-23

  3. 03
    Disclaimers & Licensing

    Corgi Insurance · About Corgi; How Insurance Is Provided Through Corgi (Underwriting); Specialty Insurance Carrier and Underwriting Disclosures · accessed 2026-09-23

  4. 04
    Media Liability Insurance for Startups

    Corgi Insurance · What's Actually Inside Your Media Liability Policy (form CORG-ML-0100); Scenario notes; Policy notes; Available Add-ons; FAQ · accessed 2026-09-23

  5. 05
    Media Liability Coverage Part

    Hiscox · I p.1; IV–V pp.2–3; VI pp.3–7; VII pp.7–8 · accessed 2026-09-16

  6. 06
    Insurance for Social Media Liability

    Journal of Insurance Regulation; authors Kevin T. Merriman, David M. Knapp, Meghan E. Ruesch and Nicole M. Weir · PDF pp.5–7 abstract/summary; PDF p.4 nonendorsement disclaimer; CGL personal and advertising injury and media-business exclusion discussion · accessed 2026-09-16

  7. 07
    Cyber Insurance Coverage

    Markel · Cyber 360 coverage options: media liability; technology professional liability; eCrime; coverages listed within the cyber policy · accessed 2026-09-29

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