Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance (Lloyd's Insurance Law Library) - Hardcover

Paolini, Adolfo; Nambisan, Deepak

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843116308 ISBN 13: 9781843116301

Publisher: Informa Law from Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

“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.

About this title

Synopsis:

The directors' and officers' liability insurance policy is extremely complex possessing its own features, principles and rules of law, making it unique both in its nature and implementation. 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. 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.

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Informa Law from Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1843116308
• ISBN 13: 9781843116301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256