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4 March 2024Insurance

D&O rates followed frequency boon, ignored severity time-bombs: AM Best

US D&O claims and reserves could easily derail the fragile segment profitability as social inflation, litigation funding, and broadened underwriting terms overwhelm a softened rate environment, analysts at AM Best are warning.

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