Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance

ISBN-13: 9781138840317 / Angielski / Twarda / 2030 / 400 str.

Adolfo Paolini; Deepak Nambisan

Opis

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
• reinsurance

Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance is an excellent resource for any legal practitioners, brokers, insurance and reinsurance companies involved in D&O insurance.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.