Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

In the best interests of your Organization

Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

The Directors and Officers policy by Liberty General Insurance is a cover for the personal liability arising due to claims brought against Directors, Officers and Employees for actual or alleged misstatements, neglect, errors or breach of duty in their managerial capacity.

Features & Benefits

  • Features & Benefits Image

    The Directors & Officers Liability Insurance policy insures members of the board of directors, the management and employee performing a supervisory or managerial role in a company against personal liability and defense costs incurred from claims alleging them to have committed a wrongful act in the line of their duties for the company.

    Some specific exposures that make the policy necessary include vulnerability to shareholder and their claims, discrimination allegations, regulatory investigations, corporate governance requirements, compliance with legal statuses and other employment practice violations.

    The defense costs are also covered under the Directors and Officers Liability Insurance policy and are payable in advance of the final judgment.

Coverage

The policy insures the directors and officers in a company against personal liability and defense costs incurred from claims alleging them to have committed a wrongful act in the line of their duties for the company. Moreover, the cover can be extended to include the following:

  • The loss incurred by the insured person due to his legal liability as a result of a claim alleging him to have performed a wrongful act, unless the insured is entitled to be covered by the company for such loss.

  • If the company is legally required to indemnify the insured for losses in such cases, then we pay the amount of that indemnity on behalf of the company.

  • We also pay the defense costs experienced in respect to a claim made under the above mentioned policy conditions.

Extensions

The Policy can be extended to include the following by paying an extra premium on the basis of risk exposure. Also, note that the company can ruminate certain additional extensions if the insured requests.

Inquiry Representation Costs:

It will cover the costs incurred by the insured in preparing for and appearing for an Inquiry, which may be an official investigation, administrative or regulatory proceeding or examination into the affairs of the Company. These costs will however, not include salaries, travel, wages and accommodation expenses of the insured person.

Spouses and Executors:

This extends the Policy’s coverage to the lawful spouse, executors, heirs, administrators or legal representatives of the insured; only in case of a claim is made out of a wrongful act of the insured individual.

Outside Directorship:

This extension allows the insured to remain covered even as he is acting in capacity of a director or officer of an Outside Entity, provided it is at the specific request (with a written approval) of the company.

Former Directors and Officers​:

The policy, under this extension, can cover the former directors and officers of a company.

Pollution Defence Costs:

It will cover the defense costs, which the person may incurs during defending a claim correlated to the actual or alleged dispersal, discharge, escape or release of any pollutants.

Shareholder Pollution Claims:

This extension will cover the loss experienced due to payable legal liabilities that occur as a result of the claim made, either directly or derivatively, by any shareholder of the company. The claim being an allegation of loss to the company or its shareholders due to any actual or alleged dispersal, discharge, escape or release of any pollutants.

New Subsidiaries:

This covers any company which might have become a subsidiary during the Policy tenure, subject to certain terms and conditions mentioned in detail under the Policy wordings.

Extended Policy Period:

The insured, under this policy extension, can request for a policy period extension of 84 months in case a change in control occurs during the initial tenure of the policy.


Most of the above mentioned cover extensions have a sub-limit which forms a part of the Limit of Indemnity. Plus, this list states only a few major extensions; you can check the policy wordings for a detailed list of inclusions & other details relating to them.

Frequently Asked Questions

Directors and Officers Liability
icon icon

1. Directors and Officers Liability Insurance (D & O):

icon

This policy provides protection for claims brought against directors, officers and employees for actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect, misstatements or errors in their managerial capacity. Defence costs are also covered and are payable in advance of final judgment.

2. Who is required to take D & O policy?

icon icon

Public, private, and non-profit companies all face D&O litigation risks

3. What are key exclusions under D & O Policy?

icon icon

Depending upon the kind of policy, here is an overview of exclusions that applies to liability insurance policy
o Prior Claims and Circumstances.

o Deliberate dishonest or fraudulent act

o Bodily Injury and Property Damage (BIPD)

4. What is the duration for the D & O policy?

icon icon

The duration of a D & O policy is 12 Months.

5. Should small business take insurance D & O policy?

icon icon

Yes, it’s a common misconception that D&O claims are mostly a public company phenomenon. In fact, public, private, and non-profit companies all face D&O litigation risks.

Directors and Officers Liability
icon icon

1. How is the premium amount of D & O Policy determined?

icon icon

The premium amount of Directors & Officers Liability insurance is determined by a number of factors, namely –
o Limit of indemnity

o Past claim settlement

o Whether your company is listed or unlisted

o Financials

How do I record any changes in the policy?

open Close

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

What is third party liability insurance? Is it covered in this policy?

open Close

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

What is third party liability insurance? Is it covered in this policy?

open Close

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

video laptop
playvideo

Liberty Commercial Insurance

Listen to Our Customers

Left Profile

The contents of your newsletter are quite interesting and informative.

This will help in creating awareness in the industry about the loss prevention and good maintenance.

Thanks for the good work you are doing.​

M.Rajaram
Left Profile

The Client has highly appreciated the inputs and report from Mr. Sudhanshu.
Its because of him we were able to convince the client to move to Liberty along with local sales support.​

Rohit Kapoor
Left Profile

We find the report is very exhaustive in bringing out the risk exposures and the works the client has to carry out for risk elimination. Surely the client will be benefited by the suggestions you have put forth.​

Gurudutt
Left Profile

The contents of your newsletter are quite interesting and informative.

This will help in creating awareness in the industry about the loss prevention and good maintenance.

Thanks for the good work you are doing.​

M.Rajaram
Left Profile

The Client has highly appreciated the inputs and report from Mr. Sudhanshu.
Its because of him we were able to convince the client to move to Liberty along with local sales support.​

Rohit Kapoor
Media Centre Image

Media Centre

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group Announces
New Joint Venture Partnership for Indian
Company

 Know More
article-icon Image

Articles

Difference between Multi Year & Single Year Two-wheeler Insurance

 Chances are that you are among a large number of people who forget to renew their vehicle insurance ....

Know More

Registration Number: 150 | ARN:Advt/2018/March/26 | CIN: U66000MH2010PLC209656

2019 Liberty General Insurance Ltd.

Reg Office: 10th floor, Tower A, Peninsula Business Park, Ganpat Rao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013

Trade Logo displayed above belongs to Liberty Mutual and used by the Liberty General Insurance Limited under license. For more details on risk factors, terms & conditions please read sales brochure carefully before concluding a sale.