All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 26 2025 // In the insurance world, uncertainty is expensive. For community banks seeking Directors and Officers liability coverage, that uncertainty has traditionally translated into premiums that fail to fairly distinguish between...
Nov 6 2025 // Mission, a group of specialty underwriters and program administrators based in Alpharetta, Georgia, announced it has launched Diamond Head Specialty Underwriting, a program administrator offering executive liability...
Nov 4 2025 // A group of Dow Inc. investors filed a lawsuit at the end of August accusing the chemical manufacturer of failing to properly disclose the impact of tariffs on its business.This is the first investor class action linked to...
Aug 7 2025 // Marsh announced new investment bank indemnification coverage to its directors and officers liability (D&O) insurance offering for clients pursuing initial public offerings (IPOs).The coverage enhancement comes amid...
Jun 27 2025 // Cyber insurer Cowbell said it has expanded its product portfolio to include a comprehensive multi-line insurance offering from Zurich North America within the United States.Building on its established success in cyber and...
Apr 21 2025 // Buyers of directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance have benefited from strong capacity and healthy competition among insurers to see consistent rate decreases at renewal over the last several years.Those days...
Apr 7 2025 // Directors and officers (D&O) coverage is critical for any organization that is governed by a board of directors. It provides coverage for those decisions that the board makes in good faith for the benefit of the...
Mar 28 2025 // Broker Lockton early this week issued its outlook of the mostly buyer-friendly U.S. property/casualty market with eye on potential changes in directors and officers liability.The latest edition of the Lockton Market Update...
Mar 3 2025 // Insurance industry rating analysts from AM Best warn recent softer pricing for directors and officers coverage could begin to affect insurers’ underwriting results.AM Best noted renewal premium for monoline D&O...
Sep 17 2024 // A property management firm’s excess insurers are not obligated to defend it in multi-district price-fixing litigation involving use of the real estate software RealPage.A federal district judge in Massachusetts found...
Sep 16 2024 // It looks like the market for directors and officers insurance is shifting, according to Woodruff Sawyer, with the number of renewals seeing flat or price increases for the first time in 18 months.Though 83% of its clients...
Aug 22 2024 // Corporate risk managers looking to gauge the likelihood that their directors and officers will be sued and how much that might cost have a new digital tool to help them.Global insurance broker Aon has launched its...
Aug 19 2024 // The average price for directors & officers liability insurance decreased 5.2% per $1 million in limits in the second quarter, according to Aon Commercial Risk Solutions.Aon said the decrease compared to the same...
Jul 30 2024 // The average price for directors & officers liability insurance decreased 5.2% per $1 million in limits in the second quarter, according to Aon Commercial Risk Solutions.Aon said the decrease compared to the same...
Jun 25 2024 // Relm Insurance, the Bermuda-based specialty insurance carrier, announced the release of its Side A Difference in Conditions (DIC) solution.Relm’s Side A DIC solution was created for clients that have been unable to...
Jun 21 2024 // The U.S. directors and officer segment in 2023 recorded a direct loss ratio of 50.8—the best result in nearly a decade—but industry rating agency AM Best is not convinced the good times will last.In a special report on...
Apr 15 2024 // Is the world being overtaken by robots? While the answer to that question is clearly “no” – or at least, “not yet” – it seems that the focus of nearly every industry and business media outlet is...
Apr 15 2024 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules almost a year ago in July 2023 requiring public companies to disclose both material cybersecurity incidents and material information regarding their...
Apr 11 2024 // AXA XL’s Bermuda Professional Lines Team has launched a new lead difference-in-conditions (DIC) directors and officers liability policy.“AXA XL is one of the largest D&O insurers in the North American...
Apr 4 2024 // The U.S. directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance segment’s strong underwriting profit of 2023 is unlikely to be sustainable, according to Fitch Ratings in a report.Fitch attributed this reality to...