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  • abbreviation insurance 'Directors' and Officers'.

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Examples

  • I'm talking about the property/casualty sector, like auto insurance, medical malpractice insurance for doctors, D&O (directors and officers) insurance for businesses, really any kind of liability policy.

    Joanne Doroshow: Here's Really Why Your Insurance Rates Go Up - and Then Don't Joanne Doroshow 2010

  • D&O Adventures is starting a hunting store has anyone heard of it my friend and his cousin own it its going to be really nice

    D&O Adventures 2009

  • I'm talking about the property/casualty sector, like auto insurance, medical malpractice insurance for doctors, D&O (directors and officers) insurance for businesses, really any kind of liability policy.

    Joanne Doroshow: Here's Really Why Your Insurance Rates Go Up - and Then Don't Joanne Doroshow 2010

  • Yes | No | Report from D&O Adventures wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

    Special Report: The "Field & Stream Buck" Falls Dave Hurteau 2008

  • Several large insurance brokers already cover reputational damage as part of their directors' and officers' liability insurance D&O designed to shield board members from shareholder law suits.

    Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross: 8 Ways Reputations Will Change in 2011 Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross 2010

  • Several large insurance brokers already cover reputational damage as part of their directors' and officers' liability insurance D&O designed to shield board members from shareholder law suits.

    Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross: 8 Ways Reputations Will Change in 2011 Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross 2010

  • In 2008, financial-services companies paid an average premium of $147,187 for the first $5 million in so-called directors and officers, or D&O, liability coverage, up 24% from 2007, according to a survey of executives at more than 500 publicly traded companies conducted by Carpenter Moore, a broker that specializes in executive liability and is owned by Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.

    Banks' Insuring Costs Rise 2009

  • "The industries facing the greatest risk of federal securities class-action lawsuits have historically paid the highest D&O premiums," said Lauri Floresca, senior managing director and author of the Carpenter Moore D&O Benchmarking Report.

    Banks' Insuring Costs Rise 2009

  • It now requires companies to disclose their climate strategy as part of their D&O insurance application.

    Joel Makower: Insurance and Climate Change: A Matter of Policy 2008

  • In particular, the major reason to buy "Side A" D&O Insurance is because it is specifically designed to respond on behalf of directors and officers when a company is insolvent.

    The Long and the Short of AIG 2008

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