Directors and officers insurance in a plain English nutshell

Overview

Alan will briefly explain the history of D&O and explain how the market place is changing, including the fact that many more directors are being sued individually coupled with the fact that the amount of HSE prosecutions have trebled against individual directors since 2015.

This is no longer a cover that ANY director can ignore, and ironically if a director refuses D&O without consulting their fellow directors they have massively increased their own personal D&O exposure!

Too many brokers are saying to their clients that the maximum limit a company should set for D&O is the sum total of all the directors personal assets - this is wrong and will lead to a pi claim against that broker!

Alan Chandler is widely regarded as one of the leading insurance trainers and presenters in the UK and importantly does not come with any agenda for promoting a specific insurer's wording. This presentation will be focusing on how to make it easy to understand the main purpose of this valuable cover

Learning Objectives

By Attending this event, delegates will be able to identify

• To understand the benefits of a D&O policy.

• To be aware of a directors duties at common law and statute.

• To be able to explain in plain English how the main areas of cover operate.

• To be able to explain the impact of limits of liability, costs and awards on a claims made wording

Speaker Biography

Alan has undertaken operational management roles in three major global companies - NatWest Insurance Services, RBS Insurance Group and Allianz Insurance. He has run underwriting, broking and claims functions. Eleven years ago he set up his own training company, something that he had always longed to do as he is passionate about training. Since then he has trained well over a thousand people to become ACII qualified including six individuals who have achieved the best ACII completion in the whole of the United Kingdom, he has also trained many national prize winners.

Alan has delivered training for almost all the institutes in the UK over the past few years with his enthusiastic presenting style proving very popular. He is one of the few individuals who can teach at all levels of the Cii examinations, he teaches almost all certificate, diploma and advanced diploma subjects and is one of the few people who can take someone from certificate all the way through to fully qualified ACII and his pass rates exceed 96%. Alan has presented across Europe on many technical subjects to companies including Allianz, Zurich, Aon, Marsh and Willis. He has been involved in the setting up of many diploma and advanced diploma programmes in both the UK and Ireland and is driven by a passion to see increased professionalism within the insurance industry.

Additional Details

• Refreshments will be served before the talk from 5:30pm onwards.

• If you know of any other CII Members who would like to attend but have not received the invite, please ask them to update their CII Communication Preferences at https://www.cii.co.uk/my-cii/preferences

• Parking is free at the venue but you must remember to register your car at reception to avoid a car parking fine