Monday, April 21, 2008

Advantages of Directors and Officers Insurance

Directors and Officers insurance are customized insurance policies available for board of directors, senior managers, and officers of a business entity and protect them against any unlawful and unreasonable financial losses. It also protects directors, officers, managerial and supervisory employees against claims arising from their deeds, actions and decisions on daily basis on behalf of their company. The most interesting feature of directors & officers insurance is that one can get a handsome reimbursement for the considerable legal costs that they incur in defending a claim.

It is obvious that each and every director, senior company executive and manager can be easily trapped into litigation, whether from shareholders, bankers, creditors, employees, customers, regulators or liquidators. In absence of having a suitable insurance protection, it would be difficult to eliminate the risk of a heavy financial loss.

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