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[Webinar] D&O Insurance Trends: Looking Ahead to 2025 - September 17th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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The streak of good news in D&O litigation risk ends this year, with a rise in class action filings and bigger settlements. But the D&O market is still soft, so staying on top of the evolving risk landscape will help you...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The ABCs of D&O Insurance

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On this episode of “Don’t Take No For an Answer,” host Eric Jesse speaks with Mike Richmond, executive vice president and shareholder at the Horton Group, about the ABCs of D&O insurance, including the three fundamental...more

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Insuring Innovation: Protecting Your Organization in the Age of Generative AI

The decision to integrate Generative AI (“GAI”) into an organization is one that occupies significant space these days in many corporate board rooms. In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the adoption of GAI...more

A&O Shearman

Chief Information Security Officers and cyber whistleblowing: considerations for PE firms

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Managing these risks at a single company should be straightforward.  Executives and CISOs may be personally held accountable for cyber failings, negligence, breaches, and inadequate disclosure around cyber vulnerabilities and...more

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[Webinar] D&O Insurance Trends Looking Ahead to 2024 - September 26th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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The softening D&O market has continued into 2023, with 91% of our clients experiencing a cost reduction in their renewal in the first half of the year. Self-insured retentions have also continued to fall. The soft market is a...more

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Public D&O Insurance Pricing Trends: What Happened in 2022, Why, and Implications for 2023

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“What’s going on with D&O rates” is the question I am asked the most these days. “Things have gotten better” is my quick—and welcome—response. In this week’s D&O Notebook, Woodruff Sawyer Partner Munish Arora provides the...more

TransPerfect Legal

Smart Strategies For Legal Leaders: Insuring Life Sciences

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On May 10, 2023, I attended the Association for Corporate Counsel (ACC) live CLE event "2023 Life Sciences Conference: Future-Ready Resilience: Preparing to Face Challenges in the Uncertain Future." Eric Long, executive vice...more

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I am a Volunteer, so I am Protected, Right?: Understanding Director and Officer Liability Insurance for Community Associations

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Community associations ("Associations") act through their board members and officers, who are volunteers and are generally willing to serve because they care about their communities.  Notwithstanding their status as...more

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Why Are Private Trust Companies Becoming More Popular?

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The popularity of private trust companies (PTCs) is increasing. This is because PTCs offer privacy to families, more flexibility, and potential cost savings when compared to a family office or a corporate trustee....more

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Strengthening Corporate Officer Protection: Delaware’s Updated Corporate Exculpation Law and Its Impact on D&O Liability Insurance

As the preferred place of incorporation for most U.S. companies, Delaware has long been a leader in the development of statutory and common law on corporate governance. In keeping with this role, the Delaware legislature...more

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Do In-House Lawyers Need Insurance Coverage for Malpractice?

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As the litigation environment for directors and officers gets more intense, in-house lawyers are asking the question: Do I need malpractice insurance? It’s a good question. If needed, the type of insurance in-house counsel...more

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20 Questions: Getting to Know a Board Before You Join

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When you join the board of a public company, you are making a long-term commitment that carries with it the risk of tarnishing your professional reputation if things go seriously wrong. You might also have to endure the...more

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[Webinar] Insurance for Nonprofits: Managing Risk in Risky Times - April 22nd, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm PT

Nonprofit organizations—and their directors and staff—are not immune to claims in difficult economic times. Identifying risks and choosing the right insurance can be critical to the organization’s mission and financial...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Preparing For COVID-19 Insurance Claims

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a public health and economic crisis of unprecedented magnitude. In the coming weeks and months, it will also lead to insurers, regulators and policyholders clashing over claims issues...more

White and Williams LLP

Underwriting D&O Risks for Coronavirus (COVID-19)-Related Exposures

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Among the many dramatic changes to Americans’ personal and professional lives during the past few weeks has been the noticeable absence of established guidelines and information on how to conduct business in this...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Insurance Considerations for Companies Impacted by Coronavirus

The World Health Organization has labelled novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic and the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 150,000. Companies suffering losses that they believe are attributable to...more

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Insurance Considerations in Light of COVID-19

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In the recent weeks our risk management team has identified a number of insurance-related issues relevant to clients dealing with the outbreak of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, that we felt...more

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Commercial Impact From the Coronavirus Outbreak – Review Force Majeure and Material Adverse Change Clauses, and Potential...

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Businesses across a wide range of industries are grappling with how to address the practical and legal concerns that have been created by the COVID-19/coronavirus outbreak. Businesses have started asking when and how they...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

COVID-19 Insurance Checklist

Make an inventory of risk pathways that could affect your business. Identify essential supply chains, raw materials or parts providers and service providers to assess impact of potential disruptions....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Possible Pandemic, Coronavirus Poised to Pose Risks to U.S. Companies

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With the coronavirus outbreak continuing in China, significant new incidences being reported in South Korea and Italy, and stories of quarantines permeating the news, in addition to the catastrophic toll on human health, we...more

Goodwin

Challenging Times: The Hardening D&O Insurance Market

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Directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance has always been an important tool to protect public companies and their management against claims by shareholders for violations of the securities laws, including claims for...more

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Developments Highlight Secondary Liability Risks for Private Funds

DOJ settlement signals need for enhanced False Claims Act scrutiny. Private funds continue to face heightened secondary liability risks arising from their portfolio investments....more

Perkins Coie

Cryptocurrencies: Matching insurance to risks and exposures

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While cryptocurrencies and digital tokens — also known as “digital assets” — have disrupted traditional notions of commerce, capital and investing, there is another asset which any company engaged in this space will need:...more

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[Webinar] Law Firms Under Siege: Protecting Your Firm From Employment-Related Claims - October 30th, 12:30pm ET

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Every week, it seems, we read about another law firm being sued for discrimination, pay inequality, and other employment-related issues. In this webinar, we will discuss specific measures to better protect your firm and its...more

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Making Sure the Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Navigating Director and Officer Liability Insurance for Community Associations

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A community or property owner association ("Association") acts through board members and officers who are volunteers and are generally willing to serve because they care about their communities. But in this day and age,...more

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