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Robin Stevens

Robin Stevens

Jul 22, 2026

7:33
Robin, could I ask you to share some of the top issues companies should consider in building a D&O program and as they prepare to go public?
7:40
Yeah, sure.
7:41
I mean, building a DNO program, especially ahead of an IPO, involves navigating complex choices to align coverage with the company's values and risk tolerance.
7:49
Many companies opt for policies that protect both the entity and individual directors and officers, sometimes with shared limits.
7:56
So to avoid exhausting limits on large claims, additional limits dedicated solely to individual directors and officers or specifically to independent organizations, Board members may be purchased.
8:07
So determining the appropriate limit is increasingly data driven.
8:12
It's important to review peer benchmarking along with the detailed analysis of the company's litigation and potential for settlement amounts.

5 MINS LATER

13:29
Could you talk about some of the other things that we're seeing in the market right now in terms of say underwriter appetite or anything else that are positive for public companies?
4:58
Did you feel a duty to writing something for him specifically?
5:02
I think that's quite a nice way to put it.
5:03
I kind of did.
5:04
And my partner and I, we read to him still.
5:08
And he's always kind of enjoyed books and stories as something that I know provides comfort and it's part of his routine as he goes to bed.
5:16
So he likes to have that kind of routine in place.
5:19
And yeah, I really sort of got this growing frustration that so many children's books, it either doesn't come up, so there isn't an opportunity for representation.

13 MINS LATER

18:24
Have you come across books that unintentionally do the same thing or just counterproductive?

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