Peer comparison
How biBERK compares
Side-by-side against the 4 carriers we score most similarly.
- 7.0
- Positioning
- Professional services E&O focus
- Starting price
- GL $30/mo
- Coverage
- 7.5/10
- AM Best
- A
- 7.6
- Positioning
- Workers comp specialist
- Starting price
- —
- Coverage
- 8.0/10
- AM Best
- A-
- 7.9
- Positioning
- Single-carrier program for SMBs
- Starting price
- GL $68/mo
- Coverage
- 9.0/10
- AM Best
- A+
- 8.1
- Positioning
- Broad-ladder primary carrier
- Starting price
- GL $42/mo
- Coverage
- 9.0/10
- AM Best
- A++
biBerk is what happens when Berkshire Hathaway decides to sell commercial insurance directly to small businesses without a broker in the middle.1 Founded in 2015 out of Omaha, NE as the direct-to-SMB extension of Berkshire's commercial insurance operations, biBerk writes on the paper of Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company (BHDIC, NAIC 10391) and three sister entities — all Berkshire-owned, all A++ (Superior) rated by A.M. Best, all backed by a group that has maintained the A++ rating for 34 consecutive years.23 On a credit-quality basis, biBerk is the strongest direct-to-business carrier in our coverage set — no other direct carrier we cover writes on A++ paper.
The balance-sheet strength is unambiguous. The complaint data is not. Over the 3-year NAIC CIS window (2023–2025), BHDIC's commercial liability book shows a weighted complaint index of 13.25 across 29 confirmed complaints on $873M of CL premium. The year-by-year reads are 4.79 (2023), 28.00 (2024), and 11.58 (2025) — the 2024 spike is on roughly 11 complaints in that single year against a small premium denominator, and it drives the 3-year weighted average materially. NAIC CIS does not publish root-cause for any of its indexes, and we cannot say why 2024 spiked or whether the 2025 reading of 11.58 represents reversion toward baseline or continued elevation at a lower level. What we can say is that all three years sit materially above the 1.0 market-average baseline, that the pattern is not a single-year anomaly once 2025 is added, and that it does not cleanly square with the Berkshire claims-management reputation A.M. Best cites in BHDIC's A++ affirmation. Pricing opacity across six of seven lines is a separate, smaller weakness: biBerk publishes a GL floor ($27.50/mo)4 but does not advertise starting prices for BOP, workers' comp, professional liability, cyber, property, or umbrella. The review below surfaces the balance-sheet strengths, the complaint pattern with the specific numbers and what we can and cannot infer from them, and the buyer profiles for which biBerk still makes sense at 7.2 / 10.
Our quick verdict
biBerk earns 7.2 out of 10 as Berkshire Hathaway's direct-to-small-business channel, writing on Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company paper (NAIC 10391) and three sister A++ (Superior) Berkshire entities — the strongest balance-sheet credit in our direct-carrier coverage set, with no other direct competitor writing on A++ paper. Best for small businesses with contractual commercial umbrella requirements (biBerk is the only direct carrier in our coverage set writing umbrella) and trade or service businesses placing GL plus BOP plus WC plus commercial auto under one A++ direct carrier, where the buyer has read the elevated 3-year NAIC complaint pattern (13.25 weighted, 2024 spike to 28.00, 2025 at 11.58) and formed their own view. Not the right fit for buyers who need published starting prices across the full ladder, businesses needing D&O or EPLI, or buyers who treat the 3-year NAIC complaint index as a primary filter. Starting price is GL from $27.50/mo; BOP, WC, cyber, professional liability, property, and umbrella starting prices are not publicly published.
- Our rating: 7.2 / 10 (Good)
- Scoring category: A — direct carrier with mature NAIC volume (methodology)
- Best for: small businesses with contractual commercial umbrella requirements — biBerk is the only direct carrier in our coverage set writing umbrella — and trade/service businesses where A++ balance-sheet credit on a direct-bind program for GL + BOP + WC + commercial auto is the core need, with the buyer willing to read the 3-year CIS pattern and form their own view of whether 2025's 11.58 represents reversion or still-elevated steady-state
- Not for: buyers who need published starting prices across the full product ladder; businesses that need D&O or EPLI; buyers looking for the cheapest absolute GL premium (NEXT at $19/mo beats biBerk's $27.50/mo floor); buyers who treat the 3-year NAIC complaint index — particularly the 2024 spike to 28.00 — as a primary filter regardless of whether 2025 looks like early reversion
- Starting prices (carrier-advertised): GL from $27.50/mo.4 BOP, WC, cyber, PL, property, and umbrella starting prices not publicly published by biBerk — see pricing section below
- A.M. Best rating: A++ (Superior), FSC XV, affirmed 2025-04-09 — Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company (NAIC 10391)3
- NAIC complaint index: 3-year weighted index of 13.25 across 29 confirmed commercial liability complaints on $873M of CL premium (BHDIC, NAIC 10391, 2023–2025) — deep above the 1.0 market-average baseline, with a severe 2024 spike to 28.00; see Complaint history and claims experience below
What biBerk is
biBerk is the direct-to-SMB retail brand of Berkshire Hathaway's commercial insurance operations. The carrier was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE — the same city as Berkshire Hathaway's corporate headquarters.1 The brand targets small businesses that would otherwise buy commercial insurance through a retail broker: biBerk sells direct, online, with quote-to-bind measured in minutes rather than days.5
Structurally, policies are issued primarily by Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company (BHDIC, NAIC 10391, Nebraska-domiciled), with three sister Berkshire entities — Wellfleet Insurance Company (WIC, NAIC 32280), National Liability & Fire Insurance Company (NL&F, NAIC 20052), and Wellfleet New York Insurance Company (WNYIC) — issuing policies on specific lines and in specific states.2 All four are Berkshire Hathaway-owned; all four are A++ rated. This is not a paper-panel MGA structure in the Coalition sense — biBerk is a direct carrier whose parent operates multiple admitted subsidiaries. But the entity named on your specific policy document varies by line and state, and buyers should know that going in.2
On credit quality, biBerk's position is exceptional. A.M. Best affirmed BHDIC's A++ (Superior) rating on 2025-04-09 with a stable outlook, FSC XV (surplus above $2B), and noted Berkshire Hathaway group's 34 consecutive years of A++ maintenance.3 That is the longest continuously-held A++ rating in U.S. property-casualty insurance. For a direct-to-business carrier where the buyer skips the broker's due diligence on carrier credit, that underlying paper strength matters more than it does when a broker is actively placing the risk.
Policies biBerk offers
biBerk writes eight commercial lines for U.S. small businesses:6
- General liability — standalone GL from $27.50/mo per biBerk's GL product page.4
- Business owner's policy (BOP) — bundled GL + property; starting price not publicly published.6
- Workers' compensation — native WC underwriting; starting price not publicly published.6
- Professional liability — E&O for consultants, agencies, and professional services.6
- Commercial auto — fleet and single-vehicle commercial auto.6
- Cyber liability — sold as an add-on to GL, PL, or BOP rather than a standalone product, per biBerk's disclosures.2
- Commercial property — standalone property.6
- Commercial umbrella (excess liability) — the distinctive one. biBerk is the only direct-to-business carrier in our coverage set that writes commercial umbrella.67 For businesses with contractual umbrella requirements — common in commercial leases, general-contractor subcontracts, and many professional engagements — this is a material coverage advantage over NEXT, Hiscox, and Thimble, which all stop at the primary layer.
Two coverage types that small businesses commonly need and biBerk does not write: directors and officers8 and employment practices liability.9 Growing businesses with boards, outside capital, or employment-practices exposure will need to pair biBerk with another carrier or choose a broader writer like Hiscox (for D&O/EPLI) or The Hartford.
What biBerk actually costs
biBerk publishes a starting GL premium and does not publish starting premiums for its other seven lines. That's the single most important pricing-related fact to know.
- General liability: from $27.50/mo per biBerk's GL product page.4 That's above NEXT's $19/mo floor,10 slightly below Hiscox's $30/mo floor,11 and well below Insureon's aggregated small-business GL cost benchmark of roughly $42/mo median across its marketplace.12 Competitive, not cheapest.
- BOP, WC, cyber, PL, property, umbrella: starting prices not publicly published. biBerk's product pages describe coverage without advertising floor premiums for these six lines.62 A real quote requires completing biBerk's online questionnaire. For context: Insureon's aggregated BOP cost benchmark for small businesses is about $57/mo median across its marketplace;13 Insureon's small-business insurance cost data suggests workers' comp averages around $45/mo and cyber around $145/mo depending on class and limits.141516
The opacity matters for a specific reason: biBerk's entire value proposition is "skip the broker, buy direct, see your options fast." A buyer who fills out a quote form expecting to compare a biBerk BOP quote against NEXT's published $25/mo BOP floor or Hiscox's $41.67/mo BOP floor will have a different experience than a buyer shopping a single comparable number. That's a transparency gap we deduct for explicitly in our Pricing score.
What drives a real biBerk quote, on any line:
- Industry class code. biBerk's business_size_focus is small (broader than NEXT's or Hiscox's explicit micro focus),5 but the underwriting model still reflects an appetite for conventional SMB classes. Specialty and high-hazard classes typically get declined or re-routed.
- State. Workers' compensation rates vary by a factor of three or more across states.17 biBerk writes native WC, so this matters directly — a California construction business will see dramatically different WC pricing than an Indiana professional services firm.
- Revenue and employee count. biBerk's documented small-business focus extends through businesses employing more than the micro-tier headcount that NEXT and Hiscox target. The pricing curve is built for the broader small-business range.
- Coverage limits. Standard GL defaults can typically be raised within the underwriting appetite.
Third-party analyst averages exist for biBerk pricing — one 2025 MoneyGeek analysis suggested WC near $75/mo and BOP near $148/mo for a 2-employee / $300K-revenue profile — but those are analyst-computed averages for a specific profile, not carrier-advertised starting prices. We deliberately don't quote them as headline numbers because they are not the same thing as a "from $X/mo" floor.
See full cost analysis: Our general liability insurance cost guide (biBERK starts at $27.50/mo), business owners policy (bop) cost guide, and workers' compensation insurance cost guide break down typical pricing across industries and states.
Coverage breadth: where biBerk is strong and where it's thin
Where biBerk is strong. The eight-line product suite — GL, BOP, WC, PL, commercial auto, cyber (add-on), property, and umbrella — is the broadest direct-to-business product ladder in our coverage set.6 The umbrella line is the genuinely distinctive one: no other direct carrier in our 10-carrier coverage set writes commercial umbrella as part of a direct-bind SMB program.7 For businesses with a contractual umbrella requirement — commercial leases, subcontractor agreements, many professional engagements — biBerk is the only direct-bind option that can satisfy it without a second carrier.
Native workers' comp15 and commercial auto18 sit alongside GL, BOP, and PL, which means a cleaning business or a light-contracting business that needs GL + BOP + WC + auto can place four coverages with one carrier — an operational benefit NEXT also offers, but Hiscox does not (since Hiscox places WC via a partner carrier and doesn't write commercial auto at all).
Where biBerk is thin. Three gaps drive our Coverage score of 8.0.
First, no D&O.8 A growing business with outside investors, a board, or governance exposures will need D&O from another carrier. Hiscox and The Hartford are the direct-carrier alternatives; Embroker is the broker-placed alternative tuned for tech and startups.
Second, no EPLI.9 Same structural gap — businesses with employees in roles generating wrongful-termination, discrimination, or harassment exposure need EPLI from another carrier. Hiscox is our top direct-carrier EPLI option; The Hartford also writes.
Third, cyber is an add-on, not a standalone.2 Like NEXT, biBerk sells cyber as an add-on to a GL, PL, or BOP policy rather than a dedicated cyber tower with pre-negotiated incident response and breach counsel. For businesses where cyber is a primary exposure, Hiscox's standalone cyber or Coalition's cyber-specialist coverage is the stronger choice.
Industry-specific strengths. biBerk's "industries we insure" coverage is broad — the carrier writes across most standard SMB classes rather than optimizing for a specific segment the way NEXT (trades and services) and Hiscox (professional services) do.5 That breadth is an advantage for businesses that span categories (e.g., a light-contracting business with some consulting revenue) but means biBerk doesn't publish the industry-specific claims analyses, risk guides, and underwriting depth content that Hiscox does for professional services or that NEXT does for trades.
Complaint history and claims experience
Scoring category note. biBERK is a Category A carrier under our methodology — direct carrier with mature NAIC volume (methodology). NAIC's Consumer Information Source publishes a 3-year commercial liability complaint index for Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company (BHDIC, NAIC 10391), biBERK's primary underwriting entity, and we retrieved it. Over the 3-year window (2023–2025), BHDIC recorded 29 confirmed commercial liability complaints against $873M of CL premium — a weighted complaint index of 13.25, deep above the 1.0 market-average baseline. Year-over-year, the indexes were 4.79 (2023), 28.00 (2024), and 11.58 (2025). The 2024 reading is a severe outlier — 28.00 is not noise at this volume (roughly a third of the 3-year complaint count fell in that single year) — and it drives the 3-year weighted average materially. We checked alternate Berkshire Hathaway group entities (BHHC at NAIC 20044 and WIC at NAIC 32280) for group-weighted reading; neither showed a material commercial liability book by our $500M / 10% threshold, so the primary-entity reading stands. The 3.0 Complaint History score sits deep in the ≥ 1.8 band, reflecting both the depth of the weighted index and the severity of the 2024 spike driving it.19
Claims process and infrastructure. biBerk's claims operation sits inside Berkshire Hathaway's commercial-insurance infrastructure, which is among the deepest in U.S. property-casualty — Berkshire's other insurance subsidiaries (GEICO, National Indemnity, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance) operate some of the largest claims organizations in the country. That operational depth cascades to biBerk even though the biBerk brand itself is relatively young (2015 founding). The A.M. Best affirmation on 2025-04-09 specifically noted Berkshire's "disciplined underwriting and claims management" as a factor in maintaining the A++ rating.3
What we can't verify for biBerk specifically: published claims-satisfaction scores from J.D. Power (which does not segment small-business insurance sufficiently to rate biBerk separately), dedicated biBerk-brand complaint trend analysis, or first-notice-of-loss cycle-time data specific to biBerk policies. We're treating Berkshire's infrastructure as a credible proxy without overclaiming biBerk-specific track record that doesn't exist publicly.
Regulatory actions. We checked public state DOI enforcement records for material market-conduct or solvency actions against Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company. No recent enforcement action is on file as of our research date.
Net. The 3.0 Complaint History score reflects a weighted 3-year CIS index of 13.25 with a severe 2024 spike that materially pulls up the average. Claims Experience at 8.0 reflects Berkshire's operational depth and A.M. Best affirmation language on reserve and underwriting discipline — a separate dimension from the complaint frequency observed at the direct-to-business subsidiary. For a buyer weighing biBERK: the Berkshire financial backing, A++ group rating, and low published entry pricing are genuine strengths; the CIS index is a genuine weakness, and the 3.0 score is load-bearing in the overall 7.2 rating.
The honest take
What works well.
- A++ paper, backed by the longest continuous A++ rating in U.S. property-casualty insurance. 34 consecutive years, FSC XV surplus.3 For a direct-to-business carrier where the buyer isn't relying on a broker's credit due diligence, this matters more than it does in broker-placed transactions.
- Commercial umbrella in the direct-bind product ladder. The only direct-to-business carrier in our coverage set that writes umbrella.67 For businesses with contractual umbrella requirements, biBerk is the only direct-bind option that solves that problem without a second carrier.
- Native workers' comp and commercial auto. Both sit alongside GL/BOP/PL on biBerk's paper, giving trade and service businesses the four-line placement that Hiscox can't offer natively. This matches NEXT's structural advantage but adds umbrella on top.
- Broad industry appetite. biBerk writes across most standard SMB classes rather than optimizing for a specific niche.5 Buyers who span categories (a contractor with consulting revenue, a fitness studio with a retail component) fit biBerk's underwriting model more easily than they fit NEXT's trades focus or Hiscox's professional-services focus.
What doesn't work.
- Elevated 3-year NAIC CIS commercial liability complaint index with a severe 2024 spike. The weighted 3-year index is 13.25 across 29 confirmed complaints on $873M of CL premium for BHDIC (NAIC 10391).19 Year-by-year: 4.79 (2023), 28.00 (2024), 11.58 (2025). The 2024 reading is built on roughly 11 complaints in that single year against a small premium denominator; 28.00 is not noise at that volume, and it drives the 3-year weighted average materially. NAIC CIS does not publish root-cause for any index, so we can't say why 2024 spiked. We also can't say whether 2025's 11.58 represents reversion toward baseline or stabilization at still-elevated levels — one more year of data will clarify the trajectory. What we can say is that all three years sit materially above the 1.0 market-average baseline, that the index clears our 20-complaint reliability floor, and that the 3.0 Complaint History score is load-bearing on the 7.2 overall rating. For a diligence reader, this is the single most important finding in the review.
- Pricing opacity across six of seven major lines. Only GL has a publicly-published starting price.46 BOP, WC, cyber, PL, property, and umbrella require completing a quote form to see numbers. For a direct-to-business carrier whose value proposition is skipping the broker, this is a meaningful limitation on the self-service model.
- No D&O or EPLI.89 Growing businesses that need either — and many small businesses need EPLI once headcount crosses into double digits — will need a second carrier.
- Cyber is add-on, not standalone.2 Same structural limit as NEXT. For cyber-primary businesses (tech, e-commerce), biBerk is the wrong primary cyber carrier.
- Multi-entity paper structure. Policies are issued by BHDIC, WIC, NL&F, or WNYIC depending on line and state.2 All are Berkshire-owned, all are A++ — this isn't a credit-quality concern — but the named entity on your policy document can vary.
- Brand depth is newer than the Berkshire heritage suggests. biBerk as a direct-to-SMB brand is 10 years old (2015 founding).1 The claims infrastructure behind it is Berkshire's, which is deep, but biBerk-specific published track record is thinner than at carriers with 50+ years of direct-to-business history.
Who should skip biBerk.
- Buyers who want published starting prices across the full ladder before opening a quote form.6
- Growing businesses that need D&O or EPLI on the same carrier as their GL — Hiscox or The Hartford will serve that profile better.89
- Tech and e-commerce businesses where cyber is the primary exposure — Coalition or Hiscox's standalone cyber writes the more capable policy.
- Buyers optimizing for the absolute cheapest direct-bind GL — NEXT's $19/mo beats biBerk's $27.50/mo floor.10
Who biBerk is best for
biBerk fits three specific scenarios. In all three, the buyer has read the 3-year CIS pattern above, understood that we don't know why 2024 spiked or whether 2025's 11.58 is reversion vs. continued elevation, and decided the balance-sheet and coverage-ladder strengths outweigh that finding for their specific risk:
- Small businesses with contractual commercial umbrella requirements. biBerk's umbrella is the single most distinctive coverage in its ladder and the most practical reason to choose biBerk over NEXT, Hiscox, or Thimble on a direct-bind basis.67 For buyers whose alternative is placing umbrella separately through a broker or adding a second direct carrier, biBerk solves a real problem.
- Trade and service businesses that want GL + BOP + WC + commercial auto under one direct-bind carrier on A++ paper. General contractors, electricians, plumbers, HVAC, landscapers, cleaners — four-line placements on the strongest direct-carrier paper in our coverage set. Worth noting: for these classes specifically, commercial liability is a primary exposure, and the CIS finding is directly relevant to the buyer's decision. Buyers in this segment should read the pattern carefully before choosing biBerk over NEXT (A+ paper, cheaper GL floor, cleaner CIS read at sub-threshold volume).
- Buyers who weight balance-sheet credit heavily and are willing to form their own read of the CIS trajectory. The A++ affirmation noting 34 consecutive years of A++ maintenance is genuinely unusual evidence of group-level underwriting and reserve discipline.3 For buyers whose risk assessment prioritizes claim-paying capacity (large loss scenarios, long-tail liability) over complaint-handling frequency (which is what CIS measures), biBerk remains a defensible direct-bind option — with the CIS data as a disclosed input, not a dealbreaker.
Business size: Small (micro through lower small-business) is the stated focus.5 Scaling into mid-market typically pushes buyers toward broker-placed alternatives.
Alternatives to consider
If biBerk's pricing opacity or product gaps don't fit, three alternatives — each addressing a different biBerk limitation:
- NEXT Insurance — If you want the cheapest direct-bind GL and don't need commercial umbrella, NEXT is $19/mo on GL vs. biBerk's $27.50/mo, with published starting prices across GL, BOP, WC, and cyber.10 A+ (Superior) from A.M. Best post-ERGO acquisition — a notch below biBerk's A++ but still the second-strongest direct-carrier paper in our coverage set.
- Hiscox — If you need D&O or EPLI on the same carrier as GL and your business is professional services, Hiscox writes both as standard SMB products.20 A (Excellent) paper — below biBerk's A++ but the professional-services coverage depth is distinctive.
- The Hartford — If you want the broader coverage ladder (D&O + EPLI + umbrella) on A+ paper and can tolerate a more traditional, broker-friendly quote flow, The Hartford writes all the lines biBerk doesn't.21 Pricing runs above direct-carrier entry points.
Different choices for different priorities. Strongest balance sheet + direct-bind umbrella — stay with biBerk. Cheapest direct-bind GL without umbrella need — NEXT. D&O / EPLI / professional-services depth — Hiscox. Full ladder with broker advisory — The Hartford.
How to get a biBerk quote
biBerk is direct-to-business. To bind coverage:
- Start at biBerk's small-business page and enter your business type and ZIP code.5
- Answer 10–15 questions about your business: entity type, state, revenue estimate, employee count, years in business, prior claims history, specific operations.
- Review the quoted coverage options — biBerk will surface GL, BOP, WC, PL, commercial auto, cyber, property, or umbrella quotes depending on your selected coverages.
- Add payment and bind; certificate of insurance is typically available from the customer portal shortly after bind.
- The entity named on your policy document will be BHDIC, WIC, NL&F, or WNYIC depending on your line and state — all Berkshire-owned, all A++ rated.2
What biBerk will ask for: entity name, EIN, primary address, revenue estimate, employee count and payroll (for WC), vehicle information (for commercial auto), prior insurance history, claims history.
If you need a human: biBerk has phone support for quoting and servicing, though the primary channel is self-service. For buyers who want brokered advice — comparing biBerk against NEXT or Hiscox on the same risk — a broker-aggregator like Simply Business or Embroker is the alternative model.
Frequently asked questions
What's biBerk's A.M. Best rating?
Does biBerk offer commercial umbrella?
How much does biBerk actually cost?
Does biBerk offer D&O or EPLI?
Is cyber a standalone policy at biBerk?
What's the difference between BHDIC, WIC, NL&F, and WNYIC?
Does biBerk handle claims well?
Citations
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About biBerk — https://www.biberk.com/about-biberk ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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biBerk Disclosures — underwriter list — https://www.biberk.com/disclosures ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12
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Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Co — A.M. Best disclosure — https://ratings.ambest.com/DisclosurePDF.aspx?AMBNum=4784 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11
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biBerk General Liability Insurance — https://www.biberk.com/small-business-insurance/general-liability-insurance ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7
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biBerk — Small Business Insurance — https://www.biberk.com/who-we-insure/small-business-insurance ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7
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biBerk Insurance Coverage — https://www.biberk.com/insurance-coverage ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17
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Commercial Umbrella Insurance — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/umbrella-liability ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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Directors & Officers Insurance — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/directors-officers ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/employment-practices-liability ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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NEXT General Liability Insurance Cost — https://www.nextinsurance.com/general-liability-insurance/cost/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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Hiscox General Liability Cost — https://www.hiscox.com/small-business-insurance/general-liability-insurance/general-liability-insurance-cost ↩
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General Liability Insurance Cost — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/general-liability/cost ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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Business Owner's Policy (BOP) Cost — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/business-owners-policy/cost ↩
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Small Business Insurance Costs — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/cost ↩
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Workers' Compensation Insurance — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/workers-compensation ↩ ↩2
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Cyber Insurance — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/cyber-liability ↩
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Compare Workers' Comp Rates by State — https://www.insureon.com/blog/compare-workers-comp-rates-by-state ↩
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Commercial Auto Insurance — https://www.insureon.com/small-business-insurance/commercial-auto ↩
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NAIC Consumer Information Source (CIS) — https://content.naic.org/cis_consumer_information.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. — A.M. Best profile — https://ratings.ambest.com/CompanyProfile.aspx?ambnum=3030&AltNum=6523030 ↩
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Hartford Fire Insurance Company — A.M. Best profile — https://ratings.ambest.com/CompanyProfile.aspx?BL=0&ambnum=2231&AltNum=5512231&AltSrc=3 ↩
How we arrived at this rating
A++ (Superior) from A.M. Best, FSC XV, 34 consecutive years of A++ maintenance at the Berkshire Hathaway group level — the longest continuously-held A++ rating in U.S. property-casualty insurance. 3
NAIC CIS 3-year (2023-2025) commercial liability weighted index of 13.25 across 29 confirmed complaints on $873M CL premium for BHDIC (NAIC 10391). Year-by-year: 4.79 / 28.00 / 11.58 — severe 2024 spike drives the weighted average. Deep in the >= 1.8 band. 19
Eight commercial lines — broadest direct-to-business product ladder in our coverage set. Only direct carrier writing commercial umbrella. Missing D&O and EPLI; cyber is add-on only. 2 6 7 8 9
Berkshire Hathaway claims infrastructure depth — among the deepest in U.S. property-casualty insurance. A.M. Best 2025-04-09 affirmation specifically noted disciplined underwriting and claims management. 3
Alternatives to biBERK
Different choices for different priorities.
NEXT Insurance (ERGO NEXT)
Micro-businesses and freelancers under ~$1M revenue in service classes (cleaning, landscaping, personal training, photography, light contracting, consulting, professional services) that want online quote-to-bind in minutes on admitted paper with strong credit behind it.
Micro-businesses and freelancers under ~$1M revenue in service classes (cleaning, landscaping, personal training, photography, light contracting, consulting, professional services) that want online quote-to-bind in minutes on admitted paper with strong credit behind it.
Hiscox
Professional-services micro-businesses under ~10 employees — consultants, marketing agencies, accountants, IT consultants, photographers, SaaS firms, real estate agents — whose primary exposure is professional liability, cyber, D&O, or EPLI, with commercial liability carried as a secondary line alongside the primary coverage they are actually choosing Hiscox for.
Professional-services micro-businesses under ~10 employees — consultants, marketing agencies, accountants, IT consultants, photographers, SaaS firms, real estate agents — whose primary exposure is professional liability, cyber, D&O, or EPLI, with commercial liability carried as a secondary line alongside the primary coverage they are actually choosing Hiscox for.
The Hartford
Growing small businesses that need a single-carrier program across five or more commercial lines — especially those needing D&O, EPLI, commercial umbrella, native workers' comp, or commercial auto in the same placement; contractors, trades, and field-services businesses needing GL + WC + commercial auto + umbrella on one carrier; buyers who value 215-year claims-relationship depth over lowest premium.
Growing small businesses that need a single-carrier program across five or more commercial lines — especially those needing D&O, EPLI, commercial umbrella, native workers' comp, or commercial auto in the same placement; contractors, trades, and field-services businesses needing GL + WC + commercial auto + umbrella on one carrier; buyers who value 215-year claims-relationship depth over lowest premium.
Trust check: Is biBERK worth it? Read our honest assessment , with NAIC complaint data, AM Best rating, and best-fit guidance.