Directors & Officers Insurance Market Insight

Your source of Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance market trends and analysis.

The D&O insurance marketplace is transitioning from an actively competitive environment with an abundance of capacity to an increasingly cautious environment. Insurer’s aggressive pricing strategies over a number of years, coupled with a significant increase in securities class action claims activity, has placed the Australian D&O premium pool under enormous pressure.

Overview

• Insurers’ are re-evaluating their pricing models and overall appetite for public company D&O insurance in the face of significant securities class action claims activity
• Insurers’ appetite for private company D&O risks remains strong and this market sector remains stable
• Longer lead times will be required for marketing or remarketing of cover, in order to ensure pricing contestability and to secure optimal outcomes
   

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