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Nessim Mezrahi

In the following guest post, Nessim Mezrahi identifies three factors that present the current state of play in the U.S. D&O market.  Nessim is co-founder and CEO of the data analytics firm SAR LLC.  SAR previously published a version of this article as a client alert on May 23, 2025.  I would like to thank Nessim for allowing me to publish this article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to the site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Nessim’s article.Continue Reading Guest Post: The State of U.S. D&O Market: Three Factors Impacting the U.S. D&O Market

As has been well-documented (on this site and in various other sources), securities class action frequency has soared to historically high levels in recent years. Given this development, it might reasonably be assumed that D&O insurance pricing has increased to account for the increased litigation risk. However, for a number of reasons – including the continued abundance of insurance capacity – D&O insurance pricing overall has declined. For that reason, it “should come as no surprise” that Transatlantic Reinsurance’s October 2018 analysis of the U.S. public company D&O liability insurance marketplace reveals “price inadequacy” – that is, that the “level of compensation in the market is not commensurate with the risks being taken.” The TransRe report, while technical, illustrates the currently challenging circumstances facing the D&O insurance industry.
Continue Reading Losses Up, Pricing Down: A Tough Combination for D&O Insurers