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Exposures for Directors and Officers

Market Briefing Underwriting

Online

28th May 2025 • 13.00 - 14.00

About this session

The latest Global D&O survey report, produced in collaboration with WTW, reveals the key risks impacting boardrooms today – and how directors, officers, and risk managers are responding.

Our panel will outline the overall Top 7 risks list as revealed by the survey, before delving into some of the topics in more detail.

We will also look at broader D&O trends, including collective actions, insolvency and consumer complaints.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

Summarise what Directors and Officers regard as the core D&O and corporate risks in the UK and globally
Describe key developments across the D&O market affecting directors’ and officers’ exposures
Outline the emerging exposures and issues to watch out for.

James Cooper

Partner • Clyde & Co

James is head of the global Financial Institutions and D&O team. James’ practice focuses on all aspects of D&O and financial services, and he has extensive experience in acting for directors and officers and financial institutions on contentious matters in a number of jurisdictions. Much of this has involved arbitration and cross-border work with an international connection.

Mark Beswetherick

Partner • Clyde & Co

Mark specialises in defending civil litigation and regulatory investigations against company directors & officers, professional services firms and financial institutions, covering a wide range of complex UK, Middle East and international matters.

Mark spent a significant part of his career (2008 to 2022) based in Dubai and for many years was Head of Clyde & Co’s market-leading Dispute Resolution Group.