Coalition

Coalition, Inc. is a cyber insurance and cybersecurity company based in San Francisco, California. The company pairs traditional insurance coverage with active security monitoring, aiming to prevent cyber incidents rather than just pay claims after they happen. It works with brokers and businesses across the US, Canada, the UK, and other markets.

Website: coalitioninc.com

Head office address: 1 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200, San Francisco, California 94111

Founded: 2017, San Francisco, California

Founders: Joshua Motta and John Hering

Company type: privately held

Business focus: cyber insurance, cybersecurity tools, and incident response

Regions served: US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and parts of continental Europe, including Germany

History of Coalition

Joshua Motta and John Hering started the company in 2017 to pair insurance coverage with cybersecurity tools that catch problems early. Both had backgrounds in technology and security before moving into insurance.

They built the business around what the company calls Active Insurance, a model meant to stop threats before they turn into claims. Milestones include:

• 2017: Joshua Motta and John Hering found Coalition in San Francisco and introduce cyber coverage bundled with active security monitoring
• 2021: the company acquires Attune, a managing general agent and technology platform for commercial insurance
• 2022: the firm closes a $250 million Series F round, pushing its valuation to $5 billion
• 2023: the insurer launches Coalition Insurance Company, its own full-stack cyber insurance carrier
• 2025: the firm expands into Denmark, France, and Sweden, and acquires Wirespeed, an automated threat detection and response provider
• 2026: Coalition and Allianz agree to a long-term partnership that shifts Allianz’s global commercial cyber business to the firm

The Allianz deal marks a shift toward larger commercial accounts. It builds on years of growth in the small and mid-sized business segment that made the company’s name in the first place.

What does Coalition cover?

Its insurance lineup centers on cyber risk, though it has broadened into related management liability lines over time. Coverage options include:

• active cyber insurance for small and mid-sized businesses, covering ransomware, business email compromise, and data breaches
• active cyber insurance for enterprises, built on capacity from Allianz and other carrier partners
• executive risk coverage, including directors and officers protection for management liability claims
• technology errors and omissions insurance for tech businesses
• miscellaneous professional liability coverage for other professional service providers
• coverage built to respond to AI-related cyber incidents

Each policy comes bundled with security tools rather than sold as coverage alone, which is part of what sets the firm apart from traditional cyber insurers.

Security tools bundled with coverage

The company backs its policies with a set of tools meant to catch risk before it becomes a claim:

• Coalition Control, a risk platform that gives policyholders visibility into their own vulnerabilities
• Wirespeed, an automated detection and response tool built for managed service providers
• Coalition Incident Response, an affiliate offering digital forensics and breach response
• security awareness training for employees

These tools tie back to the model the company was built on: insurance and security sold as one package, not two separate products.

Coalition in the cyber insurance market

The firm operates as a managing general agent, underwriting policies backed by carrier partners that include Allianz, Arch, Zurich, and Lloyd’s of London. It also carries some of the risk itself through its in-house carrier, launched in 2023. This setup lets the company write policies quickly while spreading exposure across several balance sheets.

The business built its early reputation serving small and mid-sized companies, a segment many larger insurers had left underserved. The 2026 agreement with Allianz points to a push further into large commercial accounts, a space long dominated by established carriers.

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