By Kevin LaCroix ( October 31, 2017, 12:26 PM EDT) -- Directors and officers insurance policies typically specify that the insurer's written consent is required for a policyholder to settle a claim, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. This consent-to-settlement clause is the not infrequent source of coverage disputes, usually involving circumstances where the policyholder has gone ahead and settled a claim without seeking the requisite consent. A less frequent but no less troublesome circumstance involves the situation where the policyholder sought consent but the insurer declined to consent. The question then becomes whether the insurer's withholding of consent was (or was not) reasonable....
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