Emerging Risks


June 26, 2008

Bodily Injury/Personal Injury/Property Damage/Advertising Injury (BI/PD/PD/AI)—Archived Article October 2004 All D&O policies contain exclusions…

June 26, 2008

Insured Versus Insured—Archived Article October 2004 Insured-versus-insured exclusions, sometimes called cross-claim exclusions, are routinely…

June 26, 2008

Risk Management—Archived Article Risk Control August 2005 Once the directors' and officers' risks of loss have been identified, existing corporate…

June 26, 2008

Pollution—Archived Article October 2004 Pollution-liability claims are frequently brought against corporations and, in many instances, against…

June 26, 2008

Claims-Made Coverage Features—Archived Article November 2005 All D&O policies reviewed for The D&O Book provide claims-made coverage.…

June 26, 2008

Insured Versus Insured May 2007 Insured-versus-insured exclusions, sometimes called cross-claim exclusions, are routinely incorporated into most D&O…

June 26, 2008

Failure To Maintain Insurance—Archived Article October 2004 Language excluding loss from failure of directors and officers or corporations to…

June 26, 2008

Bribes, Political Payments, and Gratuities—Archived Article October 2004 Bribery practices, which were common in the 1970s among and between domestic…

June 26, 2008

Wrongful Act February 2008 A common misconception about D&O liability insurance is that the term wrongful act is always broadly defined and that…

June 26, 2008

Exclusions—Archived Article October 2004 Exclusions are policy provisions that eliminate or restrict coverage for specific claims or losses. Their…