Insurance Coverage Master Class series: Navigating Related Claims in Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance Policies

Join members of our Insurance Coverage Practice for a six-part webinar series examining the complex coverage issues presenting the greatest challenges for insurers today and in the years ahead. Designed for senior-level coverage professionals and executives, each session focuses on a timely topic, offering practical insights and analysis.

Join one or all sessions for practical insights from Wilson Elser’s industry experts. 

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of related claims and interrelated wrongful acts provisions in Directors and Officers (D&O) policies. Because D&O liability insurance is primarily written on a claims-made and reported basis, issues of timing, notice, and policy year attachment are central to coverage. The presenters will explain how these provisions operate to aggregate multiple claims, such as multiple lawsuits, into a single claim, often deemed first made at the earliest date among them. The session explores how courts interpret “relatedness,” and how those interpretations can affect how multiple claims are grouped, which policy period applies, and the extent of coverage available to the insured. The presenters also address key variables, including the specific D&O policy language, the underlying facts that potentially relate the matters, and the governing jurisdiction’s interpretive approach, along with recent case law on the litigation of provisions and the implications for coverage.

See the other events in this series:

Words Matter: How and Why Insurers Face Issues with Policy and Application Language | May 5, 1 PM ET
First Party Claims: Effectively Dealing with and Using Claims Consultants | May 7, 1 PM ET
Generative AI and the Future of Coverage Litigation | May 12, 1 PM ET
Getting To It: Commercial General Liability Coverage for Rip and Tear | May 14, 1 PM ET
Bad Faith Across the Badlands | May 19, 1 PM ET