All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 30 2014 // QBE North America’s continues its expansion into the management liability & professional lines arena with the launch of three new products for public and private commercial companies and financial institutions...
Apr 21 2014 // Last year, the NFL agreed to settle a concussion lawsuit filed by former players for $914 million. As concussion-related lawsuits continue to be filed against professional sports teams, equivalent claims and litigation...
Mar 24 2014 // The ACE Group announced that Stanley Wong will assume the role as the new Regional Head of Financial Lines for Asia Pacific with immediate effect. He has been Financial Lines Manager for Asia since 2008.ACE said Wong...
Mar 24 2014 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions in the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...
Mar 13 2014 // Allied World Bermuda has upgraded its Executive ForceField policy to provide enhanced coverage for the protection of directors and officers of public companies. This upgraded Side ‘A’ directors & officers...
Mar 10 2014 // Several turbulent years of increased claims, more regulation and additional oversight of directors and officers have not deterred carriers from the directors and officers (D&O) liability segment. As more carriers beef...
Feb 25 2014 // Travelers has added Broad Form Plus+ to its portfolio of directors and officers (D&O) coverages as a way to protect against concerns above and beyond corporate liabilities.While many companies typically provide...
Feb 24 2014 // The ample capacity and competition that helped temper firming of U.S. commercial insurance rates in 2013 is expected to continue into 2014, unless catastrophe losses turn out higher than expected, according to a report by...
Feb 21 2014 // The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to face cost shifting by hospitals, physicians and other medical providers due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an insurance industry...
Feb 10 2014 // Much has changed in the insurance industry throughout the past 20 years. What hasn’t changed so much is the type of claim to strike the private company and nonprofit directors and officers (D&O) sector. What has...
Feb 10 2014 // According to a recent Towers Watson Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability Survey, 63 percent of nonprofit organizations reported a D&O claim in the past 10 years. Neglecting to prepare for such claims can...
Feb 7 2014 // The ample capacity and competition that helped temper firming of U.S. commercial insurance rates in 2013 is expected to continue into 2014, unless catastrophe losses turn out higher than expected, according to a report by...
Jan 28 2014 // Lloyd’s of London insurers Beazley and Hiscox have partnered to offer brokers and clients a D&O consortium through which the syndicates will provide materially higher limits and offer additional options to...
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Executive First, a directors & officers liability insurance policy designed to address the complex and volatile risks facing directors, officers and their...
Jan 16 2014 // Oracle Corp. can’t rely on an insurer to pay $20 million to help settle shareholder claims over the software maker’s acquisition of a company controlled by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, a judge...
Jan 10 2014 // Attorneys for Oracle Corp. are asking a Delaware judge to order an insurer to pay $20 million to cover attorney fees related to the proposed settlement of a shareholder lawsuit.The lawsuit challenged Oracle’s 2011...
Dec 16 2013 // Health care organizations paid significantly more for their directors and officers liability insurance in the third quarter of 2013 amid growing concerns over antitrust issues arising from implementation of the Affordable...
Nov 22 2013 // Arch Insurance Group, a member of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has launched a new specialized management liability product in the U.S. that features: Arch Essential Side A Side A lead difference in conditions (DIC) Follow form...
Nov 4 2013 // Can you name an industry that contributes $2 trillion to our country’s gross national product (GNP)? How about an industry that is the fastest-growing and represents one in every 12 businesses that exist today? Or...
Oct 30 2013 // ACE Bermuda has launched a new CODA Premier directors and officers liability policy. The CODA Premier policy offers personal asset protection to directors and officers and is available through ACE’s commercial...