Class and coverage guide

Employment Practices for PEO & staffing firm EPLI.

Direct answer. Employment Practices Liability is included in Hedge's published target coverage for PEO & staffing firm EPLI under the line EPLI, with a published target of $1M to $10M. The current public class status is in current public appetite. Hedge must confirm current fit, route, and available terms after reviewing the real account.

Public class statusIn current public appetite
Published target$1M to $10M
Reviewed2026-08-24
Coverage context

What this coverage question means.

Employment practices liability commonly addresses specified claims involving employment-related wrongful acts such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or wrongful termination. Workforce composition, locations, policies, prior matters, wage-and-hour exposure, and requested third-party coverage can materially affect the placement.

Class context. EPLI for PEOs, staffing firms, ASOs, HROs, and EORs. Broad form including wage and hour, immigration, workplace violence. Auto nose-and-tail prevents client gaps.

Terms depend on the policy and account

This page does not interpret a policy or promise coverage. Actual coverage depends on the issued forms, endorsements, exclusions, conditions, limits, and facts accepted by the insurer.

Underwriting facts

What changes the answer.

  • Worksite employee count (PEO + staffing)
  • Client roster and industry mix
  • Co-employment agreement template
  • 5-year EPL loss runs
  • Retention preference (minimum SIR $15,000)
  • States with material exposure

Conditions that need closer review

  • Hybrid recruiting and staffing models
  • International worksites
  • High-turnover client books
  • Pure recruiting / headhunting firms
  • International-only PEOs
  • Organizations with under 50% PEO or staffing revenue
Stronger starting profile

Controls and facts to surface.

  • PEOs, staffing firms, temp placement
  • ASOs managing HR functions
  • HROs in co-employment
  • EORs with over 50% revenue from PEO or staffing
Hedge forms

Useful class-specific preparation resources.

These Hedge-owned forms may help organize the account. A form listing does not make the form mandatory for every submission and does not prove appetite or market access.

Professional and management

Hedge Management Liability D&O and EPL Supplemental

A fillable Hedge supplemental for directors and officers, employment practices, and related management liability coverage.

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Any risk

Hedge Loss and Claims Supplement

A fillable Hedge supplement for organizing prior losses, claims, and open-claim detail for wholesale review.

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Standard form references

Common commercial form sections to understand.

Use the edition accepted by the intended market. Hedge explains these form purposes but does not republish ACORD files in its public form library.

ACORD 825

Professional and Specialty Insurance Applicant Section

The applicant section used with management, executive, and professional liability coverage sections. It organizes common applicant, ownership, financial, prior insurance, and claims facts before line-specific detail is added.

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ACORD 827

Employment Practices Liability Insurance Section

The employment practices liability section used to describe workforce, locations, human-resources controls, layoffs, complaints, claims, and requested EPL coverage.

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State detail

Published class-specific state notes.

No class-specific state override is published for this class. State availability and account facts still require current review.

Next step

Build the account before choosing a route.

Open the class submission guide for the first-packet checklist, then have Hedge review the actual account. Do not infer a carrier, route, or authorization from this public page.