Insurance Coverage for Governmental Investigations: Avoiding Exclusions, Ensuring Prompt Notice, Recognizing Claims
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will instruct counsel when a company's D&O or professional liability insurance will cover the costs of responding to a formal investigative order, civil investigative demand, or subpoena. The program will discuss what policy terms and exclusions are often used to limit entity investigation coverage and recommend how to avoid inadvertently forfeiting coverage. The panel will also offer insights about when insurance may cover money payments required as a result of the investigation.
Outline
- Triggering coverage
- Notice issues and related claims
- Navigating exclusions
- Defense considerations
- Remedies
- ESG
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other key issues:
- What is a claim under the relevant policies and when did it arise?
- What exclusions are invoked to limit coverage for governmental investigations?
- What are the biggest mistakes policyholders make when attempting to have losses and claims covered?
Faculty
Benjamin W. Massarsky, Esq.
Of Counsel
Miller Friel
Mr. Massarsky’s practice focuses on representing corporate policyholders in complex insurance disputes in federal... | Read More
Mr. Massarsky’s practice focuses on representing corporate policyholders in complex insurance disputes in federal and state court. His experience extends to numerous types of insurance coverage, including commercial general liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, political risk, and music tour non-appearance policies. Mr. Massarsky’s clients have spanned the manufacturing, real estate, technology, and entertainment sectors.
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William C. Wagner
Partner
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Mr. Wagner is widely recognized as an accomplished and successful trial attorney. He has extensive experience... | Read More
Mr. Wagner is widely recognized as an accomplished and successful trial attorney. He has extensive experience trying and winning cases involving complex, scientific issues in civil and criminal trials in federal and state courts, administrative hearings, and arbitrations throughout the country. In an era when approximately 95% of cases settle, Mr. Wagner has tried more than 50 cases to verdict. His courtroom successes include defeating a nine-figure breach of contract claim, obtaining preliminary and permanent injunctions to protect a client’s trade secrets from misappropriation for technology representing billions of dollars in sales, and representing a world-leading manufacturer of nuclear material handling and lifting equipment pursuing breach of contract and delay damages against the U.S. Navy.
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