Underwriters quietly raise premiums — or deny coverage outright — over controls most businesses never see coming. This checklist lays out the 47 controls carriers actually verify, sorted by what they require every time, what triggers a premium increase, and what can disqualify you entirely.
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What's inside
Every control is plain-language, prioritized by severity, and paired with how to verify it and how to fix it. Organized into 4 sections.
Real sample controls
These are taken directly from the checklist — no paraphrasing.
Require multi-factor authentication on every email account.
Require MFA for all remote access — VPN, RDP, and SSH.
Require MFA for every privileged and administrator account.
Require MFA for all cloud service consoles (AWS, Azure, M365 admin).
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Controls drawn from CIS benchmarks, framework requirements, and real-world assessment findings.
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Plain-language steps you can action yourself — without the $300/hr engagement.
Honest scope
Exactly 47 controls. No inflated counts, no fabricated reviews — see the samples above.
It maps the security controls underwriters review during application and renewal — multi-factor authentication, backups, patching, email security, incident response, and more — so you can self-assess before a carrier does.
No tool can guarantee an underwriting decision. This checklist shows you which controls carriers verify and which gaps commonly trigger premium increases or denials, so you can fix or disclose them ahead of time.
The 47 controls are organized around the underwriting process specifically: what carriers require every time, what raises premiums if missing, and what can disqualify coverage outright.
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