D&O GLOBAL TRENDS 2025

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Welcome to the second Global Insurance Law Connect report on the Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) insurance market.

In our first report, released in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, our members identified trends of increased corporate M&A and a changing risk profile due to remote working and other pandemic-related impacts. There was a consensus that D&O cover prices were rising across the board, driven by factors such as growing cyber exposure, escalating regulatory pressures, and emerging concerns related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.

In this edition, the range of concerns has broadened since the previous report, with ESG factors and macro-economic conditions joining cyber and regulatory as major issues for directors and officers. Members surveyed this year also identify a growing likelihood that
claims against directors will be upheld, along with a significant increase in the demand for broader D&O cover.

GILC D&O report February 2025

This was first published by Global Insurance Law Connect February 2025.