Templar Specialty adds excess, Side-A D&O coverage to executive program

Templar Specialty, a managing general underwriter supported by Mission Underwriters, announced Wednesday the addition of excess and Side-A directors and officers liability coverage for public companies to its executive and professional liability offerings.

The new line expands Scottsdale, Arizona-based Templar’s Executive and Professional Shield program and offers public companies up to $5 million in D&O coverage.

Products in the program, launched in 2022, are written on a primary and excess basis and can be standalone or combined into a package policy containing various limits and retention options. The new D&O offerings are available in a simplified excess form and a standalone Side-A differences in conditions form, Templar said.