On September 4, 2014, in the latest in a series of rulings on the issue of whether MF Global’s D&O insurers may pay the defense expenses the company’s former officers and directors are incurring in the various lawsuits pending against them, Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn held that the insurers may
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More About D&O Insurance and Bankruptcy
By Kevin LaCroix on
Posted in D & O Insurance
Although D&O insurance represents an important risk management tool for every company, the protection that a D&O insurance policy affords directors and officers is particularly important in the bankruptcy context, when the company is no longer able to indemnify the individuals. Yet, as industry practitioners know, a number of issues recur in the bankruptcy context…