Failure to Maintain Insurance

May 2007

Language excluding loss from failure of directors and officers or corporations to effect and maintain insurance was incorporated into most policies when D&O liability coverage was popularized over 30 years ago. However, insurers often removed these exclusions by endorsement. This practice became so common that most policy forms no longer contain failure-to- maintain-insurance exclusions.

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