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Allen Matkins

Is Your Directors And Officers Liability Coverage Illusory?

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Many corporations pay significant amounts for directors and officers liability policies.  Commonly referred to as D&O policies, these policies usually involve three sides.  Directors and officers are likely to have the most...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Guide to Private Company D&O Insurance 2024

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8 Reasons to Buy D&O Insurance 1. Attracting New Directors: D&O insurance makes board seats more attractive. 2. Investor Requirements: Some venture capital and private equity firms require that their portfolio companies...more

Gray Reed

Delaware Supreme Court Applies Delaware Law to Determine D&O Coverage for Delaware Corporations

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The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that Delaware law applies to the interpretation of directors and officers liability (“D&O”) insurance coverage issued to Delaware corporations. RSUI Indem. Co. v. Murdock, et al., 248 A.3d 887...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

Delaware Supreme Court Finds Fraud Insurable

In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that insuring against fraud does not per se violate Delaware public policy and held that the insured’s D&O policy covered claims alleging securities fraud. RSUI Indemnity...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Is D&O Insurance a Good Idea for a Family Business?

Directors and officers (D&O) insurance is intended to protect the directors and officers of a business against personal losses they may suffer as a result of a lawsuit against them. The losses incurred may come in the form of...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

The Private Vs. Public D&O Insurance Forum: Important Considerations for Companies Looking to Avoid Growing Pains

Although it has become common for corporate directors and officers to face claims seeking to hold them personally liable for alleged damages resulting from actions taken in their official capacity, it wasn’t always this way....more

Hogan Lovells

Spain: D&O: tax liability and exclusions

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This post aims to analyze the recent decision issued by the Civil Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court dated 29 January 2019 and the impact said ruling may have in the cover offered by D&O policies in Spain....more

BCLP

Am I Covered? What You May Be Missing In Your D&O Liability Insurance

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To address the risk of personal liability that directors and officers may face for claims made against them in their corporate roles, companies often purchase director and officer (“D&O”) liability insurance. The role of such...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Do You Need Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance for a Family-Owned Business?

Family business owners may assume that D&O insurance coverage is necessary only for publicly traded corporations and large, non-family owned private businesses. That is not the case. Individual directors and officers of a...more

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