The Liabilities Faced by Directors & Officers

About the Webinar

This session will provide an outline of how the liabilities faced by directors and officers arise and highlight how these are affected by new legislation.

Learning Objectives

• Outline who directors and officers are, and what their principal duties are
• Describe how directors and officers may become liable for their actions
• Provide claims examples

Content & Learning

• Who are directors and officers?
• How liability arises
• in common law (tort)
• In statute
• Sources and types of claims against directors and officers including claims examples

About the Speaker

David Hole ACII

David is an experienced insurance professional with a career spanning 39 years; he has enjoyed wide exposure in the London Insurance Market and elsewhere resulting from his industry-specific training activity.

David is a part-time complaint manager for a Lloyd’s coverholder, as well as a subject matter expert for the Chartered Insurance Institute, authoring and updating modules for the CII computer-based training programme, Broker Assess. His experience includes Head of Claims at Plum Underwriting Ltd, where he was responsible for managing the relationship between insurers and claims third party administrators, handling larger claims received via technical referral processes.

David has been delivering technical insurance training for over 20 years, to a variety of different industry customers in the UK and abroad and provides examination support for clients undertaking CII studies to achieve industry recognised designations. He provides training on many general insurance classes up to at least intermediate level to include motor trade insurance, cyber, marine cargo, commercial property, business interruption, liabilities, construction, engineering, and trade credit. He also delivers more generic underwriting and claims training.

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