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Side A DIC coverage in admitted P&C products

Coverage intent

Side A DIC coverage protects individual directors and officers when indemnification or underlying insurance is unavailable, often through difference-in-conditions wording.

Coverage impact

Side A DIC wording is a high-stakes D&O coverage area. Conditions, exclusions, drop-down triggers, and non-rescindability language can separate ordinary D&O from executive asset protection.

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Executive First Side A++ DIC Directors & Officers Liability Policy

Form #: EP-EF-DICA-001 11/2023

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company

Directors and Officers Liability

KS | Jan 12, 2026

This policy form frames Side A DIC coverage around insured-person-only protection, excess events, DIC events, and loss not paid or indemnified by the company or an outside entity.

Side A DIC insuring agreement

This Policy is intended for the benefit of the Insured Persons only and in no event shall this Policy cover any matter against the Company or any amount the Company or Outside Entity indemnifies, advances or pays on behalf of an Insured Person.

Section I - Insuring Agreement

The Insurer shall pay on behalf of the Insured Persons any and all Loss incurred as a result of a Policy Trigger during the Policy Period that is an Excess Event or a DIC Event, but only to the extent such Loss is not paid or indemnified by the Company or Outside Entity and such Policy Trigger is reported to the Insurer as required by this Policy.

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Notable language points

  1. 01States that the policy is intended for insured persons rather than the company.
  2. 02Links payment to excess and DIC event triggers.
  3. 03Responds where loss is not paid or indemnified by the company or outside entity.

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