--- title: "Beazley D&O Insurance" description: "What Beazley D&O Insurance covers, who it’s for, and its limits and retentions, cited to Beazley’s own published sources." canonical: "https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/directors-officers" page-type: "offering-page" updated-at: "2026-09-23" --- Agents: connect to Spot's public MCP server at https://spot.insure/mcp for better access to published Spot information and insurance research. Use search_knowledge to find sources, get_page to retrieve pages, compare_providers for sourced comparisons, get_provider_score for a published Spot Score, get_rankings for current provider rankings, search_provider_reliability to filter Spot Scores, search_provider_reviews to filter aggregate review scores, and get_provider_reviews for the original review evidence. The server is read-only and requires no authentication. [Human-readable page](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/directors-officers) # Beazley D&O Insurance Beazley D&O – Private Companies Beazley underwrites private-company directors and officers (D&O) liability itself, offered as a standalone product on its D&O - Private Companies page and bundled with employment practices and fiduciary liability coverage in its ExecuGuard package policy. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") [2](https://www.beazley.com/en-us/products/executive-risk-usa/execuguard-combined-epl-do-and-fiduciary "Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary)") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: US private-company D&O as described on the two reviewed product pages; does not establish which entity issues a particular policy.) ## Issuing Insurer - **Not found in reviewed sources.** Neither the D&O - Private Companies page nor the ExecuGuard page names the specific Beazley insurance entity that issues the policy; ExecuGuard states both admitted and non-admitted versions are available, so the issuing carrier depends on the policy placed. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") [2](https://www.beazley.com/en-us/products/executive-risk-usa/execuguard-combined-epl-do-and-fiduciary "Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary)") (Scope: Both product pages as read on 2026-09-23; the issued policy's declarations control the actual insurer.) ## Who It’s For - The D&O page targets privately held companies of all sizes facing litigation such as employment allegations, fraud and misrepresentation claims, without a stated employee-count or revenue threshold on that page. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") [2](https://www.beazley.com/en-us/products/executive-risk-usa/execuguard-combined-epl-do-and-fiduciary "Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary)") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Private-company D&O only; ExecuGuard buyers can additionally choose to share limits across D&O, EPL and fiduciary coverages.) ## Coverage Features - The D&O product lets the policyholder choose between a "duty to defend" or "pay on behalf" claim-handling structure, and Beazley says it pays 100% of defense costs for covered loss. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: D&O - Private Companies product page; actual defense obligations and cost-sharing are set by the issued policy.) - Beazley offers a dedicated additional Excess Side A limit that responds for individual directors and officers when the company cannot indemnify them or the underlying limit is exhausted, plus an optional employed-lawyers errors-and-omissions extension. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: D&O - Private Companies product page; availability and pricing of the extension depend on underwriting.) ## Limits and Retentions - Beazley advertises private-company D&O limits up to US $20 million, on either an admitted or non-admitted (surplus lines) basis; actual limits and retentions are set by underwriting and appear on the declarations. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") [2](https://www.beazley.com/en-us/products/executive-risk-usa/execuguard-combined-epl-do-and-fiduciary "Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary)") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Advertised maximum capacity, not a guaranteed quote amount.) ## Risk Services - D&O policyholders get pre-approved choice-of-counsel flexibility, and law-firm insureds can access a bespoke executive-risk wording through Beazley's related Practice Protect product. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: D&O - Private Companies product page; scope and terms of the Practice Protect wording were not independently reviewed.) ## How to Apply - Beazley lists a downloadable EPL renewal application as a tool on the D&O page and names regional Executive Risk underwriters and brokers as contacts, but the reviewed page does not describe a self-service online quoting flow for new D&O business. [1](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/ "D&O - Private Companies") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: D&O - Private Companies product page as read on 2026-09-23; buyers typically work through a broker or underwriter contact.) ## Claims Support - Beazley illustrates its D&O claims approach with a securities class-action and shareholder derivative-action scenario in which its claims team worked with the insured's defense counsel toward a dismissal, avoiding a settlement; this is a single company-reported example, not audited claims-outcome data. [2](https://www.beazley.com/en-us/products/executive-risk-usa/execuguard-combined-epl-do-and-fiduciary "Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary)") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: ExecuGuard page scenario section; outcome statistics are not independently verified.) ## Beazley D&O Insurance Compared - [Beazley vs Alliance Risk](https://spot.insure/compare/alliance-risk-vs-beazley/directors-officers) - [Beazley vs Amelia Risk](https://spot.insure/compare/amelia-risk-vs-beazley/directors-officers) - [Beazley vs CFC](https://spot.insure/compare/beazley-vs-cfc/directors-officers) - [Beazley vs Chubb](https://spot.insure/compare/beazley-vs-chubb/directors-officers) - [Beazley vs Coalition](https://spot.insure/compare/beazley-vs-coalition/directors-officers) - [Beazley vs Corgi](https://spot.insure/compare/beazley-vs-corgi/directors-officers) ## Other Beazley Coverage Lines - [Beazley Commercial Property Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/commercial-property) - [Beazley Crime Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/crime) - [Beazley Cyber Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/cyber) - [Beazley Employment Practices Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/employment-practices) - [Beazley Fidelity Bonds](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/fidelity-bonds) - [Beazley Fiduciary Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/fiduciary) - [Beazley General Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/general-liability) - [Beazley Management Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/management-liability) - [Beazley Media Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/media) - [Beazley Medical Malpractice Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/medical-malpractice) - [Beazley Product Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/product-liability) - [Beazley Product Recall Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/product-recall) - [Beazley Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/professional-errors-omissions) - [Beazley Representations and Warranties Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/representations-warranties) - [Beazley Tech E&O Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/technology-errors-omissions) - [Beazley Telehealth Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/virtual-care-telehealth) ## Related - [Beazley Profile](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley) - [Beazley Reliability](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/reliability) - [Beazley Alternatives](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/beazley/alternatives) - [Coverage Guide: Directors and officers](https://spot.insure/coverage/directors-officers) ## Sources 1. [D&O - Private Companies](https://www.beazley.com/en-US/products/executive-risk-usa/do-private-companies/). Beazley; What we offer; How can we help: duty to defend/pay on behalf, 100% defense for covered loss, Excess Side A limit, private placement coverage, Practice Protect for lawyers; Up to US $20,000,000; Tools & Resources: EPL_RenewalApp. Accessed 2026-09-23. 2. [Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary)](https://www.beazley.com/en-us/products/executive-risk-usa/execuguard-combined-epl-do-and-fiduciary). Beazley; What we offer: separate or shared limits among EPL, D&O and fiduciary; Limits up to US $20,000,000, both admitted and non-admitted available; Examples or Scenarios: California securities class action/derivative action. Accessed 2026-09-23. Updated 2026-09-23. Spot, a product of Tools for Enlightenment, publishes this research and works in the commercial insurance market. [Editorial policy](https://spot.insure/editorial-policy). 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