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CapSpecialty Adds D&O, EPL Product to Insurance Company Coverage Offerings

Feb 10 2015 // CapSpecialty has launched a new insurance company directors & officers/employment practices liability (D&O/EPL) product issued by Capitol Specialty Insurance Corp.Insurance company D&O/EPL is a specialty...

D&O Primary, Excess Layer Pricing Moving in Opposite Directions: Aon

Nov 20 2014 // Overall price declines for directors and officers liability insurance programs of publicly traded companies continue to be driven by excess-layer price drops, Aon’s Financial Services Group said in a recent...

3 U.S. Wholesalers Launch $25M D&O Program at Lloyd’s for North America

Nov 20 2014 // Three of the largest U.S. wholesale firms — CRC, AmWINS Brokerage, and Swett & Crawford — have launched a $25 million public directors and officers insurance program at Lloyd’s of London called the CAS...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Unveils New D&O Policy

Nov 19 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled its Executive First Side A Difference-in-Conditions (DIC) Directors & Officers Liability Policy, which provides protection for individual directors and...

Allied World Offers D&O Policy in Canada, Addressing Coverage Gaps

Nov 19 2014 // Allied World North America has launched the Executive ForceFieldproduct, a policy specifically developed to address coverage gaps for directors and officers of publicly traded companies in the Canadian market.This upgraded...

Top 25 D&O Insurers Show Healthy Growth: SNL

Oct 31 2014 // Direct premiums written for the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance industry grew 7.35 percent year over year in the first half of 2014, rising to $2.91 billion, according to an SNL Financial analysis...

Various Insurance Lines Could Potentially Be Affected by Ebola

Oct 24 2014 // As fears of an Ebola pandemic spread, many U.S. businesses are wondering if insurance will cover any complications that may arise.According to experts, the outbreak could potentially impact several insurance lines....

U.S. Risk Pros and Western World Introduce a New and Improved Private and Non-Profit Organization Directors and Officers Liability Form

Oct 3 2014 // Dallas, TX, October 3, 2014– Effective October 1, 2014, this new form reflects the growing needs of organizations to address the issues confronting them in the 21st century. Coverage consists of Directors, Officers...

Washington State Entrepreneurs Stake Their Claim in Marijuana ‘Green Rush’

Oct 2 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry to appear on InsuranceJournal.com. Upcoming stories will include reports on how medical marijuana could affect the...

Interview: D&O Cyber Liability, Cyber Risks Top Lawyers’ Agenda

Oct 1 2014 // Jeff Kingsley, a partner with the law firm of Goldberg and Segalla, specializes in technology risks, notably cyber liability and cyber risk, an emerging sector with many variables and pit falls for the unwary, which he...

Allied World North America Enhances Its ForceField Line with Primary D&O

Sep 29 2014 // Allied World North America, a company of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has added a new directors & officers (D&O) product to its ForceField suite of professional liability products. The ForceField...

Travelers Offers New Coverages Related to the Affordable Care Act

Sep 22 2014 // Citing recent survey results that show widespread unfamiliarity among U.S. businesses with requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Travelers has announced the addition of Healthcare Exchange...

Endurance Adds D&O for Network Security and Privacy

Aug 7 2014 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that it has enhanced its Endurance Premier Professional product with Endurance CyberWrap, which it described as an “additional Side A Directors and Officers...

Allied World Adds Excess D&O to Product Offerings in Canada

Jul 11 2014 // Swiss-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that it has added Excess D&O coverage to its existing management liability product suite in the Canadian market.The announcement said the “Excess...

AIG Responds to Supreme Court ‘Fraud on the Market’ Ruling with D&O Endorsement

Jun 27 2014 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) insurers have introduced a new policy endorsement that ensures primary directors and officers (D&O) policy funds are immediately available to clients named as defendants in...

Schinnerer Adds Private Company Management Liability Program

Jun 25 2014 // Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. has launched a private company management liability program. The private company program is offered to a range of eligible industries with up to $1 billion in total...

ANV Opens Cyber/Media MGU for U.S. Small Business with James River

Jun 20 2014 // ANV Holdings BV, a Dutch specialty insurance business, has opened a U.S. managing general underwriter focused on communications and data security risks for “Main Street” U.S. businesses.Leib Dodell, a veteran...

ANV Launches U.S. Managing General Underwriter for D&O

Jun 18 2014 // ANV Holdings BV, the specialty insurance business, headquartered in the Netherlands, announced the opening of its first U.S. Market Managing General Underwriter (MGU), to be led by Peter McKeegan.ANV said the “team...

Management Liability: Hard Market or Sea Change?

May 19 2014 // For years, directors and officers, and entity coverage for privately held firms was one of the best deals going, with broad coverage, cheap pricing and low retentions.Over the past several years, market capacity suppressed...

ACE Expands Global D&O Coverage Through Lloyd’s Syndicate

May 1 2014 // ACE Group has launched ACE 2488 Global D&O, an enhanced global directors & officers (D&O) liability insurance proposition for multinational organizations. Adding Lloyd’s coverage through ACE Syndicate...