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| name = Corvus Insurance
| legal_name = Corvus Insurance Holdings, Inc.
| logo = Logo of Corvus Insurance.svg
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| type = Private — cyber insurtech MGU (wholly owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc.)
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| license_type = Surplus lines producer
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| incorporation = Delaware
| founded = {{Start date and age|2017}}
| headquarter = Boston, Massachusetts
| domicile = Delaware
| insurance_jurisdictions = United States<br/>United Kingdom<br/>Germany (legacy; transferred to RiskPoint Group, September 2025)
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| ultimate_parent = The Travelers Companies, Inc.
| shareholders = The Travelers Companies, Inc. (100%, January 2024)
| key_people = Philip Edmundson, Founder and former CEO<br/>Madhu Tadikonda, CEO (through acquisition era; reported departing post-integration, December 2025)<br/>Mike Karbassi, Chief Underwriting Officer (Cyber)<br/>Jason Rebholz, Chief Information Security Officer
| num_employees = 140 (2021)
| customer_segments = Small businesses (sub-$10M revenue)<br/>Middle-market enterprises<br/>Large corporates (up to $5B revenue)
| lines_of_business = Cyber liability (primary and excess)<br/>Technology errors and omissions (primary and excess)
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| products = Smart Cyber Insurance<br/>Smart Tech E&O<br/>Corvus Signal (risk prevention platform)
| technology_platform = Proprietary underwriting platform scanning 20,000 data points per quote; API-based quoting; Corvus Signal continuous monitoring dashboard
| capacity_providers = Travelers Excess and Surplus Lines (current, sole U.S. paper since May 2024)<br/>SiriusPoint Ltd. / R&Q Accredited (historical multi-year program)<br/>Lloyd's syndicates via Tarian Underwriting Limited (coverholder)
| distribution = Wholesale brokers<br/>Large retail producers<br/>API-enabled distribution partnerships
| geographic_markets = United States<br/>United Kingdom<br/>Middle East, Canada, and Australia (via Tarian)<br/>Germany and Austria (historical; transferred to RiskPoint Group, September 2025)
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| gwp = $200+ million book of business (November 2023, per acquirer)
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| loss_ratio = 36% ultimate loss ratio, U.S., all lines and risk capital partner results (2022)
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| total_funding = $162M (cumulative venture capital through May 2021)
| last_round = Series C extension, $15M, May 2021 (FinTLV and Aquiline Technology Growth)
| last_valuation = $750M (Series C, March 2021, per trade press)
| lead_investors = Bain Capital Ventures (Seed)<br/>406 Ventures (Series A)<br/>Telstra Ventures (Series B)<br/>Insight Partners (Series C)
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== Corporate profile ==
🏢 '''Delaware-incorporated MGU.''' Corvus Insurance Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Boston.<ref name="sec_formd">{{cite web |title=Corvus Insurance Holdings, Inc. — SEC Form D |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759726/000175972621000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2021 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> The company operates as a cyber insurance managing general underwriter and became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc. following an acquisition announced on November 3, 2023, for approximately $435 million, with closing publicly reported in early January 2024.<ref name="travelers_acquisition">{{cite web |title=Travelers to Acquire Corvus Insurance |url=https://investor.travelers.com/newsroom/press-releases/news-details/2023/Travelers-to-Acquire-Corvus-Insurance/default.aspx |publisher=The Travelers Companies, Inc. |date=2023-11-03 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref><ref name="travelers_completes">{{cite web |title=Travelers Completes Acquisition of Corvus Insurance |url=https://investor.travelers.com/newsroom/press-releases/news-details/2024/Travelers-Completes-Acquisition-of-Corvus-Insurance/default.aspx |publisher=The Travelers Companies, Inc. |date=January 2024 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> "Corvus Insurance" is a marketing name used to refer to Corvus Insurance Agency, LLC and Corvus Agency Limited, both subsidiaries of Corvus Insurance Holdings, LLC.<ref name="corvus_doubles">{{cite web |title=Corvus Insurance Doubles Underwriting Offering, Expands Small Business Cyber Offering |url=https://www.corvusinsurance.com/pressroom/corvus-insurance-doubles-underwriting-offering-expands-small-business-cyber-offering |publisher=Corvus Insurance |date=May 2024 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref>
🌍 '''International entity footprint.''' Corvus Agency Limited (Company No. 10336579) is registered as active with Companies House, with its registered office at 30 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BD.<ref name="companies_house">{{cite web |title=CORVUS AGENCY LIMITED — Company No. 10336579 |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10336579 |publisher=Companies House |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, Corvus Agency Limited is an appointed representative of Travelers Underwriting Agency Limited, which is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 309113).<ref name="travelers_uk_reg">{{cite web |title=Regulatory Statement |url=https://www.travelers.co.uk/regulatory-statement |publisher=Travelers UK |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> Corvus also established a continental European presence via a Frankfurt office to support Smart Cyber distribution, and the Travelers acquisition included Corvus Underwriting GmbH as a German-based MGA.<ref name="corvus_europe">{{cite web |title=Corvus Insurance Enters Continental European Market Through Multi-Year Cyber Insurance Partnership with Travelers |url=https://www.corvusinsurance.com/pressroom/corvus-insurance-enters-continental-european-market-through-multi-year-cyber-insurance-partnership-with-travelers |publisher=Corvus Insurance |date=November 2022 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref><ref name="cbi_sfcr">{{cite web |title=Travelers Insurance Designated Activity Company — SFCR 2024 |url=https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/industry-market-sectors/insurance-reinsurance/solvency-ii/sfcr-2024/travelers-insurance-designated-activity-company-sfcr-2024.pdf?sfvrsn=394c6f1a_3 |publisher=Central Bank of Ireland |date=2024 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> Effective September 1, 2025, Corvus Underwriting GmbH was acquired by RiskPoint Group A/S, with business transferred to RiskPoint's German branch and Travelers providing cyber capacity in Germany and across Europe.<ref name="riskpoint_germany">{{cite web |title=Cyber Insurance — Germany |url=https://rpgroup.com/cyber/products/cyber/germany/ |publisher=RiskPoint Group |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref>
📋 '''Surplus lines distribution framework.''' Corvus does not present as a balance-sheet carrier; its operating model is structured as an MGU/MGA on third-party paper rather than through a Corvus-owned admitted carrier.<ref name="travelers_acquisition"/> Its products are written on surplus lines paper, and all Corvus products in the U.S. are now written on Travelers Excess and Surplus Lines paper.<ref name="corvus_doubles"/> Corvus Insurance Agency, LLC holds California License No. 0M20816.<ref name="corvus_finservices">{{cite web |title=Smart Cyber Made for Financial Services |url=https://www.corvusinsurance.com/smart-cyber-made-for-financial-services |publisher=Corvus Insurance |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> A New York State Department of Financial Services published spreadsheet includes an entry for Corvus Insurance Agency LLC with an excess line classification, supporting its operation within excess and surplus distribution frameworks.<ref name="nydfs_exbroker">{{cite web |title=Excess Line Broker List (December 31, 2021) |url=https://www.dfs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/01/Ex_Broker_list_12_31_2021.xls |publisher=New York State Department of Financial Services |date=January 2022 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref>
🔗 '''Lloyd's coverholder access.''' Corvus acquired Tarian Underwriting Limited from Beat Capital Partners Ltd., characterizing Tarian as a Lloyd's coverholder that underwrites on behalf of a consortium of Lloyd's syndicates.<ref name="corvus_tarian">{{cite web |title=Corvus Insurance Acquires Lloyd's Coverholder Tarian Underwriting Limited |url=https://www.corvusinsurance.com/pressroom/corvus-insurance-acquires-lloyds-coverholder-tarian-underwriting-limited |publisher=Corvus Insurance |date=January 2022 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref>
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== Leadership and governance ==
👤 '''Founder.''' Philip Edmundson founded Corvus and initially served as
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== Ownership
💰 '''Venture capital history.''' Corvus raised $162 million in cumulative venture funding through May 2021 across a seed round, three lettered rounds, and one extension.<ref name="corvus_seriesc_ext">{{cite web |title=Corvus Welcomes New Investors with $15M Series C Financing Extension |url=https://www.corvusinsurance.com/pressroom/corvus-welcomes-new-investors-with-15m-series-c-financing-extension |publisher=Corvus Insurance |date=May 2021 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> The Series C round in March 2021, led by Insight Partners, was accompanied by a reported valuation of $750 million in trade press coverage.<ref name="insurancejournal_seriesc"/>
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| Seed || March 2018
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| Series A || November 2018
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| Series B || January 2020
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| Series C || March 2021
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| Series C extension || May 2021
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| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''Acquisition''' || style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''November 2023
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Sources: Corvus and Business Wire press releases;<ref name="corvus_seriesb"/><ref name="bw_seriesc"/><ref name="corvus_seriesc_ext"/> contemporaneous business press;<ref name="businessinsurance">{{cite web |title=Insurtech Business Focuses on Claims in Growth Model |url=https://www.businessinsurance.com/insurtech-business-focuses-on-claims-in-growth-model/ |publisher=Business Insurance |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref><ref name="techcrunch_seriesa">{{cite web |title=Corvus Insurance Lands a Fresh $8 Million |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/26/corvus-insurance-lands-a-fresh-8-million-to-turn-sensor-data-into-actionable-info-for-its-food-and-pharma-customers/ |publisher=TechCrunch |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> SEC Form D;<ref name="sec_formd"/> Travelers press releases.<ref name="travelers_acquisition"/><ref name="travelers_completes"/>
📉 '''Acquisition economics.''' The Travelers acquisition price of approximately $435 million is materially below the last publicly reported $750 million Series C valuation, implying a lower exit valuation than the 2021 peak-round pricing. Exact comparison is limited by unknown preference stacks, option pools, and any interim recapitalization mechanics.<ref name="insurancejournal_seriesc"/>
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== Business model and distribution ==
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🏥 '''Industry verticals and customer signals.''' Covered industry classes include healthcare, financial institutions, manufacturing, construction, retail, education, professional services, and life sciences.<ref name="corvus_brokerhub"/> Although Corvus does not publish policy count or average premium data, multiple signals indicate a middle-market and larger-risk capability layered onto a growing small-business appetite: Travelers' acquisition announcement referenced a $200+ million book of business, while Corvus' stated primary and excess placements and revenue ceilings up to $5 billion are compatible with mid-market and enterprise placements.<ref name="travelers_acquisition"/><ref name="corvus_doubles"/>
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== Product coverage
🛡️ '''Third-party insuring agreements.''' The Smart Cyber form includes network security and privacy liability, regulatory investigations, fines and penalties, media liability, PCI DSS assessment expenses, and breach management expenses where the insured has contractually indemnified a third party and has a legal obligation to notify affected individuals.<ref name="corvus_cyberpolicy"/>
💻 '''First-party insuring agreements.''' First-party coverages encompass business interruption caused by privacy breach, security breach, administrative error, or power failure affecting the insured's computer system; contingent business interruption tied to an outsourced service provider's computer system; digital asset destruction, data retrieval and system restoration; system failure coverage; social engineering and cyber crime coverage (including financial fraud loss, telecommunications fraud loss, phishing attack loss, funds held in escrow, and personal funds); reputational loss coverage arising from a media event; cyber extortion and ransomware coverage; breach response and remediation expenses; and court attendance costs.<ref name="corvus_cyberpolicy"/>
🔬 '''Embedded services.''' The form includes Dynamic Loss Prevention Services consisting of IT security assessments and recommendations available as frequently as once every 14 business days. Pre-Claim Support Services allow the company to agree to pay up to $1,000,000 in breach management and incident response expenses to mitigate a potential loss or claim, with fees incurred subject to prior written consent and through mutually agreed counsel or consultants.<ref name="corvus_cyberpolicy"/>
📑 '''Smart Tech E&O structure.''' The specimen Smart Tech E&O Insurance form provides third-party coverage on a claims-made-and-reported basis, while first-party coverage applies to events first discovered and notified during the policy period.<ref name="corvus_techeo">{{cite web |title=Corvus Smart Tech E&O Insurance Policy Form |url=https://www.corvusinsurance.com/hubfs/Corvus%20Smart%20TEO%20Policy%20Form.pdf |publisher=Corvus Insurance |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> Third-party insuring agreements include cyber coverages similar in structure to the Smart Cyber form and add Technology and Professional Services Liability.<ref name="corvus_techeo"/> The first-party business interruption language explicitly covers reasonable and necessary intentional shutdown of an insured's computer system to mitigate or avoid loss that would otherwise result from security breach, privacy breach, or extortion event, alongside system failure triggers.<ref name="corvus_techeo"/>
⚠️ '''Notable exclusions.''' The Smart Cyber form contains exclusions including prior knowledge and notification, deliberate acts (with defense-cost handling until final adjudication), insured-versus-insured actions, a traditional war exclusion covering war, invasion, warlike operations, civil war, rebellion, and insurrection, as well as satellite, electrical or mechanical failures (including brownout and blackout) and outages to utility infrastructure (gas, water, telecommunications, telephone, internet, cable) unless such infrastructure is under the insured's direct operational control.<ref name="corvus_cyberpolicy"/> The war exclusion is framed in traditional terms and does not, in the cited specimen portions, present a cyber-specific nation-state definition or explicit carve-back.<ref name="corvus_cyberpolicy"/>
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== Cyber risk services and technology ==
📡 '''Corvus Signal platform.''' Corvus Signal is a risk prevention solution comprising three components: Risk Insights, providing
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== Capacity
🤝 '''SiriusPoint and R&Q
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== Financial
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📋 '''Disclosed performance context.''' Corvus does not publish audited financial statements for the U.S. entity set in a manner that supports detailed revenue, earnings, or underwriting KPIs. The available metrics rely on disclosures from Corvus press releases and the Travelers transaction announcement.<ref name="corvus_lossratio"/>
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== Risk factors ==
⚡ '''Capacity
📜 '''Surplus lines friction.''' Corvus' distribution
👤 '''Leadership transition.''' Trade press reported
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== Strategy and outlook ==
❓ '''Open diligence questions.''' Key areas
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== Company timeline ==
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| January 2024 || Travelers completed acquisition of Corvus.<ref name="travelers_completes"/>
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== See also ==
* [[Cyber insurtech MGAs and underwriting agencies]]
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