While property/casualty insurance executives are largely focused on the impacts of tariffs on short-tail lines like personal auto and property, investment market jitters over global trade wars could set the stage for rising D&O loss costs.
Executive Summary
Insurance executives on earnings conference calls focused on auto physical damage, but liability insurers—specifically D&O insurers—should be on alert for tariff impacts.A broker, a carrier executive and a securities class action data tracker offered the possibility last week during a webinar hosted by S&P Global Market Intelligence titled “Is the Directors and Officers Insurance Market at an Inflection Point?”