2022 Directors & Officers Liability
2022 will continue to present a challenging landscape for Directors and Officers in all sectors. While organizations navigate through a lasting pandemic and the operational challenges that come with it, boards will see not only existing exposures such as adherence to securities laws and scrutiny of corporate governance practices, but also emerging risks that include environmental and social factors, as well as vaccine mandates.
Consider how your Directors and Officers Liability Insurance program (D&O) would respond to the trends as outlined below.
- Securities Class Actions
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
- Employment Practices Liability (EPL) and Vaccine Mandates
- Transactions (IPOS, RTOS, de-SPAC Transactions, M&A)
- Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Market Update
- Cyber Liability At The Board
Download the PDF version of the 2022 D&O Trends Report.
By Danielle Gorst, National Practice Leader, Financial Lines
Danielle brings more than twenty years of financial lines insurance experience with over thirteen years in Executive Protection Underwriting with a leading global insurer, in addition to 9 years as a specialty broker in the placement of Directors and Officers Liability and ancillary lines of coverage. Danielle works directly with Account teams and provides consultative advice to Navacord clients on strategy and placement of coverage, claims advocacy, in addition to thought leadership and white papers on current trends impacting Directors and Officers Liability.
Danielle is often a presenter at Board Governance and Audit Committee Meetings, and a speaker at industry events discussing topics specific to Directors and Officers Liability.
Danielle has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree completed with a concentration in Insurance and Risk Management from the University of Calgary.