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title: "Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance D&O Insurance"
description: "What Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance D&O Insurance covers, who it’s for, and its risk services, cited to Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s own published sources."
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# Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance D&O Insurance

Executive First D&O Liability Insurance

## Who It’s For

- The D&O page names large commercial and financial firms as target accounts. [1](https://www.bhspecialty.com/us-products/us-executive-and-professional-lines/public-company/do-liability-insurance/ "Executive First Directors & Officers Liability Insurance") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: U.S. target-account description, not a complete eligibility rule or acceptance commitment.)

## Coverage Features

- The U.S. Executive First D&O page describes coverage for government investigations, including informal investigations of insured individuals without sublimits. [1](https://www.bhspecialty.com/us-products/us-executive-and-professional-lines/public-company/do-liability-insurance/ "Executive First Directors & Officers Liability Insurance") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: U.S. D&O product-page summary; the actual policy, definitions, exclusions, conditions, insureds, and state forms control.)
- BHSI says its D&O product covers plaintiffs’ attorney fees and costs for shareholder derivative actions and company costs to investigate derivative demands or actions where no demand is made. [1](https://www.bhspecialty.com/us-products/us-executive-and-professional-lines/public-company/do-liability-insurance/ "Executive First Directors & Officers Liability Insurance") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: U.S. D&O product-page summary; do not read as all derivative-action costs covered under every issued policy.)

## Risk Services

- BHSI describes full choice of defense counsel for the D&O product. [1](https://www.bhspecialty.com/us-products/us-executive-and-professional-lines/public-company/do-liability-insurance/ "Executive First Directors & Officers Liability Insurance") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Company-reported product feature; applicable policy terms and any state-specific requirements remain controlling.)

## Other Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Coverage Lines

- [Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Cargo and Transit Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/berkshire-hathaway-specialty-insurance/cargo-transit)
- [Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/berkshire-hathaway-specialty-insurance/professional-errors-omissions)
- [Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Representations and Warranties Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/berkshire-hathaway-specialty-insurance/representations-warranties)
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## Related

- [Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Profile](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/berkshire-hathaway-specialty-insurance)
- [Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Reliability](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/berkshire-hathaway-specialty-insurance/reliability)
- [Coverage Guide: Directors and officers](https://spot.insure/coverage/directors-officers)

## Sources

1. [Executive First Directors & Officers Liability Insurance](https://www.bhspecialty.com/us-products/us-executive-and-professional-lines/public-company/do-liability-insurance/). Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance; Product Highlights: government investigations, shareholder derivative actions, late-notice qualification, defense counsel selection; Top Targets: large commercial and financial firms, lines 6–19. Accessed 2026-09-28.
2. [Executive First Private Company Portfolio](https://www.bhspecialty.com/us-products/us-executive-and-professional-lines/public-company/private-company-portfolio/). Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance; Product Highlights: D&O, EPL, Fiduciary, Commercial Crime and Employed Lawyers in one comprehensive form; shared or separate limits to $50m; EPL First services. Top Targets: private companies at $10m+ revenues and listed industries, lines 11–25. Portfolio limit is not a separate line limit. Accessed 2026-09-28.

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