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Management Liability and D&O insurance

Global solutions for leadership protection

Markel lnternational's Management Liability suite of products provides comprehensive insurance cover across Management Liability, Directors and Officers, Company Reimbursement, and Outside Entity Directorship risks.

What we offer

Our specialist London Market Management Liability team provides comprehensive protection to Directors and Officers of organisations of all types and sizes, across a broad spectrum of industries.


We provide cover to privately-held SME businesses, publicly-listed and US exchange-listed companies. We cover companies in the FTSE 100 and the financial services sector along with non-financial industries.


Designed to support clients as their businesses and leadership teams evolve, our Management Liability insurance offering includes provisions in the event of M&A activity, such as run-off coverage for after the transaction has taken place.

Markel offers market-leading products with wide-ranging coverage to ensure our clients are protected.

We can offer line sizes up to $20m on Company or Lloyd's paper and write business on a primary and excess basis (coverage varies).

We write business in various worldwide territories and key coverage includes:

  • Directors' and officers' liability (D&O)
  • Employment practices liability (EPL)
  • Corporate Legal Liability (CLL)
  • Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
  • Outside directors liability (ODL)
  • Prospectus indemnity (POSI)
  • Pension fund trustees (PFT)

Our range of coverage is complemented by extensions to further enhance protection, including:

  • Full limit protection for claims resulting from cyber incidents
  • Full limit coverage for costs resulting from a regulatory or governmental investigation
  • Payment of insurance instruments for appeal, bail or similar bonds
  • Cover for costs resulting from pre-claim actions
  • Post-claim public relations support

Value-add services - legal


Our product is supported by Markel Law, an SRA-authorised and regulated legal services business, ranked in the Legal 500.

Services include:

  • Business and legal helpline
  • Advice on compliance and governance issues
  • Assistance and advice for recovering debts

Distribution: London Market and globally

Our policy is distributed via brokers through the open market, facultative reinsurance, and delegated authorities, and is available worldwide, with the exception of companies domiciled in the USA or Latin America.

We have recently refreshed our wording and are open to using market wordings for subscription placements. We use MIICL, MISE, Syndicate 3000 and LBS stamps.

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