Due to factors like the frequency of securities class actions coming off an all-time high, increasing suit severity and settlement costs, and more derivative actions with notable settlements tapping “A side-only” insurance, the public D&O insurance landscape has been deteriorating in the eyes of carriers for several years—and as predicted in both the 2019 and 2020 Looking Ahead Guides, the result is higher D&O premiums and self-insured retentions (SIRs).

This year’s Guide looks forward at a very uncertain time, as the D&O market is exhibiting more risk than ever. COVID-19 has caused extraordinary volatility in the economy, the workforce, and so too the insurance market. 

Now more than ever, having the right D&O insurance program and larger risk management strategy in place are essential.

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D&O Insurance Trends

Looking Ahead to 2021

  • The current state of the D&O insurance market, and what we expect to see in 2021
  • "Hot Topics" in D&O litigation, including our predictions for the end of 2020 and for 2021
  • What to do in a hard market exacerbated by a pandemic such as the one we are in now
  • What insurance underwriters have to say about the current D&O landscape, including market forces leading them to make decisions such as to cut capacity and increase premiums and SIRs 

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Senior Vice President, Management Liability


Jane Njavro
Senior Vice President, Management Liability


Seth Pfalzer, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Northern California Management Liability Practice Leader


Sean Coady, Esq.
Senior Vice President, New England Practice Leader


Lauri Floresca
Senior Vice President, Cyber Liability


Brendan Williams
Senior Vice President, Southern California Practice Leader


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The D&O insurance market has been hardening for a couple of years, and the dynamics that contributed to the current hard market show no signs of abating in 2021.

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