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c) Thejthreatjofjajfiledjlawsuitjagainstjthejdirector
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b) ThejD&Ojliabilityjinsurancejpolicyjprovidesjcoveragejforjwrongfuljactsjthatjdojnotjquali
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b) CoveragejBjcoversjforjindemnificationjtojitsjdirectorsjandjofficersjwhilejCoveragejCjcove
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c) Ajpolicyjprovidesj120-dayjautomaticjtailjcoverage,jwithjajclaims-
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2025 TEST BANK WITH 500 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT A
j j j j j j j j j j
NSWERS GRADED A (100% CORRECTANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A
j j j j j j j j
Anjindividualjallegesjajwrongfuljactjbyjthejdirectorjofjajcompany.jInjorderjtojclassifyjthejallegat
ionjasjajclaimjunderjajdirectorsj&jofficersjpolicy,jwhichjonejofjthejfollowingjmustjoccur?
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b) Ajverbaljdemandjforjmonetaryjorjnon-monetaryjrelief
c) Thejthreatjofjajfiledjlawsuitjagainstjthejdirector
d) Thejinitiationjofjcriminaljproceedingsj-ja
Whatjisjthejdifferencejinjthejcoveragejprovidedjbyjajdirectorsjandjofficersjliabilityjinsurancejpol
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CGLj&jBACFjcoverjonlyjdirectjlosses.
b) ThejD&Ojliabilityjinsurancejpolicyjprovidesjcoveragejforjwrongfuljactsjthatjdojnotjquali
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c)ThejD&Ojliabilityjinsurancejpolicyjprovidesjcoveragejagainstjdirectjlosses,jwhilejthejGLj&
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d) ThejD&Ojliabilityjinsurancejpolicyjonlyjprovidesjremediesjinjthejformjofj"actions",jwhile
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Howjisjthejwordj"loss"jusedjdifferentlyjinjajdirectorsjandjofficersj(D&O)jliabilityjpolicyjversusjinja
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redjorjpermittedjbyjlaw.
b) Tojindemnifyjthejindividualjdirectorsjandjofficersjforjtheirjwrongfuljacts,jifjsuchjinde
mnificationjisjneitherjrequiredjnorjpermittedjbyjlaw.
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b) CoveragejBjcoversjforjindemnificationjtojitsjdirectorsjandjofficersjwhilejCoveragejCjcove
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a) Ajpolicyjprovidesj15-
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