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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

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

King & Spalding

D&O Coverage for COVID-19 Coronavirus-Related Lawsuits

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The COVID-19 coronavirus (“coronavirus”) pandemic has caused significant financial and economic turmoil around the globe. Governments have announced unprecedented travel restrictions, global supply chains have been...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

White and Williams LLP

Delaware Superior Court Applies “Capacity” Exclusion to Deny Coverage Under D&O Policy

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In Goggin v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, the Delaware Superior Court denied the insured directors’ motion for judgment on the pleadings after construing an exclusion in the applicable D&O...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SEC Action Highlights Importance of Specific Language in Directors and Officers Insurance for Fintech and Other Startup Companies

The founder of Mozido, the fintech startup once claimed to be valued at $5.6 billion, has been named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The complaint names Michael Liberty...more

Dechert LLP

Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin Issue 1 - 2017: United States: D&O Insurance Policies – a cautionary tale: the Peril of...

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Directors and officers (D&Os) of troubled companies should be highly sensitive to D&O insurance policies with Prior Act Exclusion. While policies with such exclusion may be cheaper, a recent decision by the U.S. Court of...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

McDermott Will & Emery

D&O Insurance—Issues to Consider Before a Claim Arises

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In Depth - Directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance remains a vital issue for companies and their directors and officers as potential sources of liability continue to evolve. More securities lawsuits were filed...more

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