Directors and Officers of public and privately-held companies operate in an extremely complex environment in which their personal assets are at stake if they are sued as a result of their corporate duties.

Worldwide Facilities® has nine professionals dedicated to the D&O marketplace with access to all Admitted and Non-Admitted markets to ensure the broadest D&O liability protection available. We can provide form comparisons, D&O limit analysis, benchmarking material, and policy audits.

LINE OF BUSINESS
Public Directors & Officers Liability (D&O)
Individual Director Liability
Initial Public Offering (IPO) Insurance
Privately-Held Directors & Officers Liability
Privately-Held D&O/Employment Practices Liability
   
 
General Partnership Liability
Private Equity/Venture Capital Liability
Intellectual Property
Fiduciary Liability
Kidnap & Ransom
Products Liability
Pollution Liability
   
TARGET COMPANIES
Public Companies
Initial Public Offerings
Companies doing a reverse merger into a public shell
For-Profit Entities - All Industry Groups
   
 
Not-For-Profit Entities - 501(c) (3)
Limited Liability Companies (LLC)
General / Limited Partnerships
Financial Institutions
   
KEY COVERAGE FEATURES
Full severability between directors, officers and company on all policy exclusions and applications
100% entity coverage on ALL securities claims (no coinsurance for securities claims)
All employees covered in securities claims
Waiver of Retention in a securities claim upon finding of no liability
Coverage extensions to non-directors and officers with the potential to be named in a D&O suit
(i.e., Controller, H/R Manager)
Punitive and exemplary damages against the company covered in a securities claim
Express entity coverage for civil litigation claims brought by the SEC if in connection with purchase or sale of securities of the company
Definition of securities claim to include coverage for all mergers/acquisitions, proxy contests, and other shareholder claims
Flexible pollution exclusion alternatives such as carve-outs providing coverage for securities holder class and derivative actions
Automatic coverage for newly created or acquired subsidiaries that are less than 25% of total assets
Optional automatic coverage for directors and officers serving on outside non-profit boards
Definition of claim to expressly include arbitration proceedings against insuredsVery narrow insured versus insured exclusion
Advancement of all defense costs
“Pay On Behalf” wording in lieu of indemnification language
Bilateral discovery
   
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