Snapchat: Proof that Startups Need D&O Insurance
One of the major products we provide for our clients is Directors and Officers Insurance. Admittedly 90% of our D&O clients sought us out because their investors required them to get coverage. Don’t be mistaken, though…startups need D&O insurance regardless of the investor situation.
Startup Cyber Risk Checklist
Cyber liability is a huge area of exposure for most startups. Even if you’re not a “tech” startup per se, most tech companies today tend to leverage 3rd party tech products in ways that can leave them exposed.
Insurance for Startups: Cost or Investment?
The Question The biggest question we deal with on a daily basis: how much does insurance for startups cost? All of our clients want to know exactly what they’ll have to spend and how long it will take. They all expect an immediate answer, and can you blame them? The startup world moves at a
The Affordable Care Act and Startups
With the recent launch of fresh government programs under the Affordable Care Act, the landscape is changing massively in the health insurance space. We can’t help but think about what effects the new healthcare laws will have on startups.
Startups Beware! CA Breach Notification Laws Expanded
The New CA Breach Notification Law If you’re a tech startup, your duties to protect your users’ personal information just got a bit more onerous. Last Friday (Sept 27th), Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that expands the security/data breach notification requirements beyond their current spectrum.
Why Startups Need Insurance
While this list is definitely not exhaustive, I wanted to briefly shed some light on a couple of the reasons why startups need insurance and should look into coverage options regardless of where they are in their life cycle.
Startup Insurance & Cyber Liability realities you might not expect…
Cyber Liability Insurance is one of the biggest issues we deal with at Founder Shield. The vast majority of our clients are either straight tech startups or they’re leveraging technology to make their product or service scale. I think we can all agree that it’s probably impossible to run a startup these days without a