Why D&O Markets Could Cost You More: 4 Hidden Risks You Can't Ignore with Sridhar Manyem

Episode notes

We're coming to you LIVE from Riskworld 2025! In this episode of Risk Management: Brick by Brick, host Jason Reichl sits down with Sridhar Manyem, Senior Director and Head of Industry Research at AM Best, for a deep dive into the Directors & Officers insurance market. As the thought leadership arm of the world's oldest insurance credit rating agency, Sridhar reveals the hidden shifts happening in D&O coverage that could impact every organization with a board of directors. Discover why market complacency might be setting companies up for costly surprises, how COVID-era court backlogs are creating latent risks, and why the current soft market conditions might not reflect true risk levels. Learn about emerging threats like litigation funding, social inflation, and the critical factors every organization should consider when structuring their D&O coverage. To find out how TrustLayer manages risk so that people can build the physical world around us, head to TrustLayer.io .

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