Vouch Insurance

Vouch Insurance is a technology-driven commercial insurance broker based in San Francisco, California. It serves venture-backed and high-growth companies across technology, life sciences, financial services, and professional services. The broker built its name on fast, digital-first policy issuance instead of the paperwork-heavy process typical of commercial insurance.

Website: vouch.us

Head office address: 250 Montgomery Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94104

Founded: 2018, San Francisco, California

Founders: Sam Hodges and Travis Hedge

Company type: privately held; independent insurance broker

Business focus: commercial insurance brokerage for technology, life sciences, financial services, and professional services companies

Regions served: licensed in all 50 US states

History of Vouch Insurance

Hodges and Hedge started the company in 2018 after running into the slow, paper-heavy side of commercial insurance themselves. Key milestones include:

• 2018: Hodges and Hedge found the company in San Francisco, aiming to build a faster way for startups to get covered
• 2019: the broker launches its first proprietary insurance products, backed by a $24.5 million Series A round led by Ribbit Capital and SVB Financial Group
• 2021: it launches an underwriting subsidiary called Vouch Insurance Company and begins assuming risk through reinsurance arrangements with State National and United Specialty
• 2025: the company’s MGA arm, previously branded Vouch Insurance Services, is renamed Corix Insurance Services, effective January 1
• 2025: Hiscox agrees to acquire Corix Insurance Services and the underwriting subsidiary, while Vouch Insurance stays independent under a multi-year distribution deal with Hiscox
• 2026: the firm expands its specialized brokerage into financial services, health and life sciences, and professional services

The 2025 sale reset Vouch Insurance as a pure broker rather than a hybrid MGA and carrier. That shift let the firm concentrate on advising clients instead of managing underwriting risk itself.

What does Vouch Insurance cover?

Vouch tailors coverage by industry rather than offering one generic commercial package. Its core client segments include:

• technology companies working in AI, SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, hardware, developer tools, ecommerce, and crypto
• healthcare and life sciences companies, including healthtech ventures
• financial services firms such as venture capital funds, hedge funds, and asset managers
• professional services firms, including engineering and construction, consulting, accounting, and marketing agencies

Policy types across these industries typically include general liability, cyber, directors and officers, errors and omissions, and business property coverage, arranged through Vouch’s carrier partners rather than a single in-house book.

Position in the market

The company has operated purely as a broker since the 2025 Hiscox transaction. It places policies with outside carriers instead of underwriting its own. The multi-year distribution agreement with Hiscox gives it continued access to specialty products built for its technology and life sciences client base.

Vouch also works alongside referral and integration partners such as Brex, Ramp, Vanta, and Carta, which connect founders and finance teams to Vouch during routine software and banking workflows. The firm’s model centers on speed and industry-specific expertise: policies built for the risk profile of a startup or a scaling company, not adapted from a generic small-business template. That focus has kept Vouch positioned as one of the more established brokers in the venture-backed insurance space.

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