Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance / Edition 1

by Adolfo Paolini, Deepak Nambisan

Overview

“With the ever increasing number of claims against directors and officers, this book provides a very welcome addition to the bookshelves which hitherto have lacked books on this important area” - Alison Green, Chairman of the Trustees of the BILA Charitable Trust. This book scrutinises the origins and the rationale underlying D&O insurance, and provides answers to the question of protecting directors against the potential liabilities they may face. It provides clear understanding about D&O policies wording, exclusions and issues of misrepresentation. The information contained in this new book includes Nature and Legality of D&O Liability Insurance, D&O Exclusions, Directors’ and Officers’ Liability to Third Parties, Directors’ Liability at Civil Law, D&O: Defence Costs Cover and Allocation, Aggregation Principles and D&O Cover and the Reinsurance of D&O Policies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843116301
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2008
Series:	Lloyd's Insurance Law Library
Edition description:	New
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adolfo Paolini is a Senior Lecturer in Banking Law and Company Law at The University of Buckingham, UK.

Deepak Nambisan is a barrister at Fountain Court Chamber. He specialises in Banking & Finance, Civil Fraud, Commercial Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration and Professional Negligence

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Liability Insurance Chapter 2 The Nature and Legality of D&O Liability Insurance Chapter 3 Persons Covered by D&O Insurance Chapter 4 D&O Exclusions Chapter 5 Sources of Liability and the Consequential Loss: D&O Covered Risk Chapter 6 Directors' and Officers' Liability to Third Parties Chapter 7 Directors' Liability at Civil Law Chapter 8 D&O Defence Costs Cover and Allocation Chapter 9 The Reinsurance of D&O Policies