Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance

Directors and Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance is a rapidly expanding insurance product that is becoming essential cover for all company directors. This fully updated and expanded new edition will address all the main issues with D&O insurance from an insurance law perspective, aiming at providing the reader with clear views as to the operation, execution, drafting, and legal disputes that may trigger this type of insurance cover. This book addresses the nature and legality of D&O insurance; persons covered; exclusions; covered risk; liability to third parties; liability at civil law; defence costs cover and allocation; and reinsurance. Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance is an excellent resource for any legal practitioners, brokers, insurance and reinsurance companies involved in D&O insurance.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Liability Insurance Chapter 2. The Nature and Legality of D&O Insurance Chapter 3. Persons Covered Chapter 4. Exclusions Chapter 5. D&O Covered Risk Chapter 6. Directors’ and Officers’ Liability to Third Parties Chapter 7. Directors’ Liability at Civil Law Chapter 8. Defence Costs Cover and Allocation Chapter 9. Reinsurance Appendix: drafts, specimens, legislation.

Adolfo Paolini is a Senior Lecturer in Banking Law and Company Law at the University of Buckingham, UK. He is also Insurance Law Consultant to the international law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP. Deepak Nambisan is a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers, UK. He specialises in Banking & Finance, Civil Fraud, Commercial Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration and Professional Negligence.