Spot for Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance

Get quotes from 40+ directors and officers insurance providers with Spot

When your board or investors ask about D&O, we prepare your application, compare quotes with you and keep proof of coverage ready.

  • Cover for individuals, reimbursement and the company compared side by side
  • Defense costs, retention and exclusions laid out before you bind
  • Keep your broker or switch, with no commissions on premiums
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How Spot helps you buy Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance

Tell us who owns and runs the company

Your Spot team collects your entity structure, ownership, financial information, planned transactions and any claims or disputes, then builds a submission your broker can take to underwriters without chasing you for the rest.

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See who each quote protects

For each proposal your broker brings back, we show whether it protects individuals when the company can’t indemnify them, reimburses the company when it does, and responds to claims against the company itself.

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See how each quote pays legal costs

Spot lays out, next to the premium, whether defense spending reduces the limit left for a settlement or judgment, what retention applies, and whether company claims are limited to securities claims.

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Coverage limits
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Contract requirements

Confirm with your broker

Limits, exclusions, and endorsements

Keep past claims and notices on file

Each policy sets when a claim must be made and reported, and earlier disputes or notices can affect a new or renewal policy. Spot keeps your policy, notices and renewal documents together and brings the renewal forward before it’s urgent.

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What do we need to request directors and officers insurance quotes?

Let’s prepare the information for your broker and compare the terms, not just the price.

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How buying Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance works with Spot

  1. 01

    Tell us about your business

    Share what you do, where you work, the policies you have and any contracts that ask for insurance.

  2. 02

    We write up your application

    Spot turns it into an application that describes your business the way insurers need to see it.

  3. 03

    We get quotes from insurers

    Spot handles the procurement, sending it to the insurers and markets that cover businesses like yours and chasing every quote.

  4. 04

    Compare your quotes

    We put the quotes side by side on limits, exclusions and terms as well as price.

  5. 05

    Buy your policy and get certificates

    You choose. Spot places the policy for you, and certificates are ready when a customer or landlord asks.

Is Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance right for you?

  • Startups with a board

    Your first outside director or investor may ask whether the company carries D&O before they join.

  • Companies preparing a financing or sale

    Diligence puts management decisions under a microscope, and a buyer may want to see what protects the people who made them.

  • Nonprofits and associations

    Directors act for the organization, and a policy can respond to covered claims about how they did.

  • Private companies with subsidiaries

    Check that each entity, and every officer who sits on a subsidiary board, is insured under the policy.

How Spot helps different industries with Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance

What each industry usually faces, and where Spot fits in.

  • Asset Management

    A fund, manager, director, or officer could face a governance claim.

  • B2B

    A signed investor or board arrangement asks for D&O, or leadership wants to assess a defined governance exposure.

  • Banking and Exchange

    Governance changes, outside directors, investors, or management decisions prompt a liability review.

  • Fintech

    A board, outside investor, or financing counterparty asks about management protection, or ownership and governance change.

  • Insurtechs and Insurance Agencies

    A carrier partnership, board, investor, or acquisition changes governance and management responsibilities.

  • Startups

    A financing discussion, board change, or investor request raises questions about claims alleging management decisions.

Insurers we get Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance quotes from

Get quotes from 40+ directors and officers insurance providers with Spot.

  • AIG
  • Alliance Risk
  • Amelia Risk
  • Aon
  • Beazley
  • Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
  • CFC
  • And many more

When to get Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance

  • 01

    An investor or new director joins the board

    Expect a question about your D&O. Have the policy, its limit and the people it insures ready to share.

  • 02

    You’re raising money or exploring a sale

    Planned transactions go on the application, and the way a policy treats prior disputes and notices can change what you’re offered. Start the conversation before the deal is moving.

  • 03

    The insurer proposed changes at renewal

    Read the new exclusions and changed terms to see which management claims would fall outside the policy, then compare the market before you accept.

  • 04

    You added a subsidiary or a new officer

    Check that the policy names every entity and person it should. A new company in your group isn’t always picked up on its own.

  • 05

    A dispute or demand just arrived

    The policy sets when you must report a claim. Find those terms now, and tell your Spot team so your claim history is accurate when you next apply.

Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance questions

Also known as directors and officers insurance, D&O insurance, D&O liability insurance, directors and officers liability insurance and directors liability insurance.

Can Spot work with the broker our board introduced?

Yes. Spot works alongside whichever broker places your D&O, whether you found them or an investor did, and takes no commissions on premiums. If you’d rather use someone else at renewal, we can help you switch.

Does D&O cover every business dispute?

No. Directors and officers liability insurance can address covered claims alleging wrongful acts in managing the organization, paying defense costs, settlements and judgments. Spot reads which people and claims each proposal actually includes.

Does D&O replace employment practices or professional liability?

No. Employment claims and claims about your services or advice are separate coverages. If you want them in one program, ask for management liability and compare each part.

What goes into a D&O application?

Expect to provide your entity and ownership overview, financial information, planned transactions, and any history of claims or disputes. Your Spot team helps pull together what’s missing.

Why does it matter whether defense costs sit inside the limit?

If they do, every dollar spent defending the claim is a dollar less available to pay a settlement or judgment. Spot puts that term next to the retention so you can compare it across proposals.

Get insurance off your to-do list.

Get quotes from 40+ directors and officers insurance providers with Spot. Keep your broker or switch, with no commissions on premiums.

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