Directors and officers are asking more about their insurance coverage—and are being charged more for it, according to a survey by Towers Watson. 

After all, the worries of directors and officers are shared by insurance carriers offering coverage to them to protect against a “much wider range of claimants than in past years,” Larry Racioppo, vice president of Towers Watson's executive liability group, says in a statement. 

Forty-one percent of private/nonprofits reported an increase in D&O premiums in 2012, according to the survey. Nearly 30 percent of public companies said the same for 2012. 

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