Hot Topics in Public Company D&O

February 2016

Advisen wrote a white paper that examines merger objection litigation and shareholder derivative actions – two hot button topics that generated interesting activity in 2015 and have the potential to reshape the D&O claims landscape. The free, 8-page paper is sponsored by Allied World.

Reshaping the D&O claims landscape

In recent years, from a macro level, the D&O claims trends environment has been steady and relatively predictable. In fact, according to Advisen data, which examines all sources of securities-related suits that could impact underwriting and the placement of management liability insurance, the number of new securities and business litigation filings and enforcement actions remained flat in 2015.  Although still above pre-financial crisis levels, there has been an overall downward trend in securities suits filed since the peak of financial crisis-related litigation in 2011.

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