AIG vs Counterpart: How Do They Compare for D&O Insurance?

AIG offers D&O for executive and governance exposures, standalone or modular. Counterpart describes separate private-company and nonprofit D&O products distributed through producers and wholesale brokers. 3,4,8

What Is AIG?

AIG is the marketing name for American International Group, Inc.; AIG says its insurance products are written or provided by subsidiaries or affiliates. Its U.S. business pages list commercial casualty, property, cyber, management and professional liability, and specialty programs, but a brand-level page does not identify the insurer for a particular policy. 1,2

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What Is Counterpart Insurance?

Counterpart describes a broker-focused platform for small businesses and lists management and professional liability programs. Buyers should compare the named profession, carrier, state, policy wording and any package component on the actual quote. 4,5

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Read the Counterpart D&O Insurance page

What Is Directors and Officers Insurance?

D&O insurance can help pay covered defense costs and losses from claims against company leaders over management decisions. If your organization has a board or executives, check whether the company itself is insured and whether legal bills reduce the limit. 9,10,11

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Key Differences in D&O Insurance

Distribution and organization type

AIG offers D&O as standalone insurance or modularly with other management-liability coverages and links national product applications. Counterpart says businesses access its program through a producer and surplus-lines broker, with wholesale-broker distribution; it maintains separate D&O pages for private companies and nonprofits. A buyer should account for this intermediary route when planning a quote and identify which Counterpart product matches its organization. AIG’s materials describe its product path but do not specify the same wholesale access requirement. 3 6 6

Coverage detail available to compare

AIG describes D&O protection for executive and governance exposures but does not outline detailed illustrative limits in the reviewed summary. Counterpart’s private-company page describes management-liability claims and includes illustrative coverage and limit examples, while its nonprofit page identifies a separate organization-specific product. Those examples provide a starting point for a private business; nonprofits should request the terms for the distinct product. In either case, use the issued policy to confirm covered claims, exclusions, retention, and available limits. 3 6

What to Confirm in D&O Insurance Quotes

  • Ask Counterpart which wholesale broker and product form apply, and request the illustrated limits and exclusions. 6
  • Ask AIG for its applicable D&O form, insured parties, limits, and modular coverage details. 3

Review Scores

These averages can combine ratings for different products, locations, and customer groups, including approximate BBB grade conversions. Read each review for the sources, scope, and calculation.

AIG

4.4/ 10

Review Score

2 rated sources

Customer ratings for AIG are low: Trustpilot shows 1.9 out of 5 from 252 reviews, and NerdWallet gives 2.5 stars and notes more claims complaints than expected. These pages cover many AIG products and countries, so they only loosely describe business insurance.[1][2]

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Counterpart

-/ 10

Review Score

No reviews found

We found no independent customer rating of Counterpart, so it has no Review Score. Its Trustpilot page shows no reviews, and BBB has no matching business.[7][10]

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Offering Details

AIG vs Counterpart: D&O Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaAIG Directors & Officers LiabilityPrivate Company and Nonprofit Directors & Officers Liability
Role in This Line

AIG offers D&O standalone or modular with other management-liability coverages. 3Company-reported. AIG management-liability portfolio. Claim limitation: Combination availability can vary by account and jurisdiction. Section limitation: Company marketing does not substitute for the issued policy, state-specific forms or entity-level confirmation.

Counterpart describes itself as distributing insurance through its producer and surplus-lines broker and says businesses access the program through a wholesale broker. 4,8Company-reported. The cited pages do not map a particular insurer to a D&O quote or state.

Who It’s For

Confirm in your quote.

Counterpart publishes a private-company D&O product page and a separate D&O page for not-for-profit organizations. 6,7Company-reported. Separate product pages show different marketed segments; eligibility depends on the proposed risk and insurer review.

Coverage Features

AIG describes D&O protection for executive and corporate-governance exposures. 3Company-reported. AIG management liability product page. Claim limitation: Policy terms and coverage triggers control; no policy form reviewed here. Section limitation: Company marketing does not substitute for the issued policy, state-specific forms or entity-level confirmation.

The private-company D&O page describes protection for management-liability claims and includes illustrative coverage and limit examples. 6Company-reported. Illustrations and summaries are not policy terms or an available limit commitment.

Counterpart separately markets D&O for not-for-profit organizations. 7Company-reported. The retained page summary does not establish a particular nonprofit’s eligibility or the terms of its policy.

How to Apply

AIG links to application forms for its Management and Professional Liability products and provides contact information for its national product and distribution teams. 3Company-reported. The Forms and Applications and national product/distribution contact sections on AIG’s US D&O product page. Claim limitation: The page supports form access and team contact information. It does not establish that application or placement must be routed through a broker, whether buyers or brokers submit a form, or any online quote/bind path. Section limitation: Company marketing does not substitute for the issued policy, state-specific forms or entity-level confirmation.

Confirm in your quote.

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Sources

AIG

  1. Investor Relations. American International Group, Inc. (AIG); About AIG and legal footer; lines 244–246 and 327–331. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  2. Business. AIG US; Surplus Lines heading and paragraph, lines 357–359. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  3. Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance | AIG US. AIG US; D&O product overview; modular coverage; Forms and Applications; Brokers: Meet Your AIG Team, lines 311–320. Accessed 2026-09-28.

Counterpart

  1. Counterpart | Agentic Insurance™. Counterpart, Inc.; Current homepage: Quote Online CTA; brokers/small-business audiences; product list; performance claims; legal/footer qualifications, rendered lines 2–52, 55–70, 98–100, 282–287. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  2. About Counterpart. Counterpart, Inc.; Carrier disclosure and Our Story; underwriters named at line 13; company focus lines 22–36. Financial-strength note says ratings are as of 2024-02-26. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  3. Private Directors & Officers Liability Insurance. Counterpart, Inc.; Retained provider source: product page sections on covered organizations, coverage, example limits/retentions and capacity; prior access 2026-09-28. Direct reopen failed in this session. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  4. Not-for-Profit Directors & Officers Insurance. Counterpart, Inc.; Retained provider source: product page sections on nonprofit eligibility, coverage and underwriting partners; prior access 2026-09-28. Direct reopen failed in this session. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  5. How can I get insurance through Counterpart? Counterpart Knowledge Center; Retained source: article describes wholesale-broker referral route; prior access 2026-09-28. Accessed 2026-09-28.

D&O Insurance Guide

  1. Glossary of Business Insurance Terms. The Hartford; Directors and Officers Liability Insurance; Errors and Omissions Insurance; Employment Practices Liability Insurance. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. The Chubb Primary Directors & Officers and Entity Securities Liability Insurance. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; hosted by eperils; I.A–C p.1; I.C p.1; I and III.A–B pp.1–2; VI Reporting pp.3–4. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Private Company Directors and Officers Liability Coverage. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America; I.A–C p.1; I.C p.1; Header p.1 and VI.A pp.6–7. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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