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Directors & Officers (D&O) Insurance

In today's complex business environment, the responsibilities of business leaders have legal consequences. Mistakes they make in the performance of their duties can expose them to potential liability claims. At ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Commercial, we understand the importance of protecting these key individuals. That's why we offer comprehensive Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance solutions.

We provide robust coverage that offers essential protection to company directors facing claims. Our D&O insurance goes beyond protecting individual directors and officers. It also extends protection to the insured company.

At ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Commercial, we take great care to understand the individual needs of our clients. Our D&O insurance is tailored to the specific challenges faced by directors and officers, giving them the peace of mind to carry out their duties without unnecessary worry about potential legal consequences.

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Commercial will consider every risk on its own merit.ÌýCapacity and coverage offered to individual clients subject to hazard, Nat Cat exposure, grading, terms & conditions.ÌýThe products and services described on this page may not be available in all locations. This is for your general information only.

Our D&O Insurance covers current,Ìýfuture and past directors, as well as non-executive directors, subsidiaries, and officers of a company. The risk scenarios we cover include prospectus liability, pension trust liability and employment practices liability. And in specific cases, such as securities claims, the cover can be extended to cover the company itself.Ìý

D&O insurance can also be used to recover defense costs and financial losses, as well as costs incurred by administrative, investigative and criminal proceedings.

  • employment practices & HR issues
  • shareholder actions
  • reporting errors
  • inaccurate or inadequate disclosure (e.g. in company accounts)
  • misrepresentation in a prospectus (Prospectus liability [POSI])
  • decisions exceeding the authority granted to a company officer
  • failure to comply with regulations or laws e.g. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • cyber risks
  • pension trust liability (PTL)
  • employment practices liability (EPLI)
  • criminal defence cost insurance
  • From smaller and to large size companies with international subsidiaries
  • Offering across all Industries for both private and public companies
  • Primary and excess positions
  • Broad product offering including standalone PTL, EPL, POSI andÌý Crime solutions
  • Directors and Officers Liability inclusive of Side A
  • Employment Practices Liability (EPL)
  • Pension Trustee Liability (PTL)
  • Crime
The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Commercial approach has now been introduced in the first markets (Australia,ÌýFrance,ÌýGermanyÌýandÌýUnited Kingdom). With a globally consistent underwriting and product approach, a strong local delivery through one team, a wider risk appetite and a seamless delivery, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Commercial plays the full Commercial market.ÌýThis approach will be further implemented across other markets globally in the coming months.
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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ France
We protect managers, supervisory board members, and executives of mid-sized companies from claims by their own company as well as from third parties.
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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Versicherungs AG
We protect managers, supervisory board members, and executives of mid-sized companies from claims by their own company as well as from third parties.
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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Insurance plc
We offer directors & officers and professional indemnity products for UK based mid-sized businesses, traded via our specialist regional hubs.
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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Insurance plc
A range of products forÌý small to medium UK businesses is available through our trading solution QuoteSME or via imarket and major software houses.

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