Cyber insurance brokers: a working directory

Businesses ask us who should place their cyber policy, because we prepare them for the application but do not sell insurance. This page is the answer: brokers and agencies we can point to, from Triangle independents to national houses.

Disclosure, before anything else: Obsidian Ridge is not an insurance producer, broker, or agent. We do not sell, place, or advise on insurance products. No money moves between Obsidian Ridge and anyone listed here — no referral fees, no commissions, no premium share, in either direction. Listings are editorial, free, and unranked within each section.

Broker, carrier, or platform — know which one you are talking to

A broker or independent agent works for you. They shop your application across carriers, translate the questionnaire, and advocate on a claim.
A carrier writes the policy and pays (or denies) the claim. You usually reach them through a broker.
Insurtech platforms and MGAs — Coalition, At-Bay, Corvus, Cowbell — sit between the two: technology-driven underwriters whose policies brokers can place. A scan from one is underwriting input, not a security program.

Triangle & North Carolina

Piedmont Insurance & Business Group — Raleigh independent agency with a dedicated cyber liability practice.
INSURE — Raleigh commercial and personal lines agency.
NC Cyber Insurance — North Carolina agency focused specifically on cyber coverage.
G. Suggs Insurance Agency — North Carolina independent agency writing cyber liability for Raleigh-area businesses.
Pillar Insurance Group — North Carolina independent agency with a Raleigh cyber liability practice.
Lee Winters Agency — North Carolina independent agency offering cyber liability coverage.
The Allen Thomas Group — National independent agency with a Raleigh commercial practice.

National brokerages

PrimeRisk Insurance Solutions — Arizona independent agency publishing unusually practical cyber liability guidance for law firms.
Marsh McLennan Agency — Mid-market arm of the world's largest insurance broker.
Gallagher — Global brokerage with a large US middle-market cyber practice.
HUB International — North American brokerage with regional offices across the Southeast.
Brown & Brown — National brokerage headquartered in the Southeast.
Woodruff Sawyer — Brokerage known for detailed public cyber liability research and guides.

Digital-first

Embroker — Digital-first commercial broker; quote and bind online, cyber included.
Founder Shield — Digital brokerage oriented toward startups and high-growth companies.
Insureon — Online marketplace that matches small businesses with carriers, cyber included.

What we do on the other side of the application

A broker can only place what you can evidence. The Cyber Insurance Readiness Sprinttakes the carrier's questionnaire question by question, closes the gaps that can be closed, and produces the signed evidence pack the underwriter reads — $1,500 to $3,500, seven business days. Start with the 10 controls the 2026 questionnaire scores.

For brokers

If your clients keep failing the security half of the application, that is the half we fix — and the evidence pack we hand back is written in your carrier's language. To be listed here, or to talk about what a readiness referral looks like: request a briefing. Listing is free and stays free; the disclosure above applies to everyone, including us.

Serving businesses across Raleigh and the Triangle, and remotely everywhere else.