All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2010 // Your client’s directors and officers liability policy is coming up for renewal. What can you expect from the market? Like the Dickens classic, this is a tale of two markets.The Best of Times For companies with little...
Apr 21 2010 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) members see a growing appetite among businesses and non-profits for directors and officers liability insurance (D&O), error and omissions insurance (E&O),...
Apr 15 2010 // Seven years and running, the soft market shows few signs of loosening its grip on commercial insurance pricing, according to a new industry study.Average premiums in every line tracked by the RIMS Benchmark Survey, fell in...
Apr 5 2010 // But we are a private company,” is a typical response when trying to open a conversation about directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage with a prospect or client. It is interesting just how pervasive the...
Apr 5 2010 // But we are a private company,” is a typical response when trying to open a conversation about directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage with a prospect or client. It is interesting just how pervasive the...
Apr 5 2010 // Among perennial directors and officers insurance issues are questions whether policy coverage is available for the costs associated with special litigation committees. A Dec. 30, 2009 decision in the coverage lawsuit...
Apr 5 2010 // Directors and officers will be the target of more federal prosecutions under the U.S. anti-bribery statute, said a top U.S. Justice Department official. Mark Mendelsohn, the department official who oversees enforcement of...
Apr 5 2010 // While high-profile crimes like Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme generate headlines, employees at companies across the county are committing smaller, low profile crimes every day.Many employee theft schemes...
Apr 5 2010 // Your client’s directors and officers liability policy is coming up for renewal. What can you expect from the market? Like the Dickens classic, this is a tale of two markets.The Best of Times For companies with little...
Apr 1 2010 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has crafted a new personal protection solution called Wealth Security Policy for independent board members through a collaboration with an A+ XV rated Insurer.Independent directors of corporations...
Mar 26 2010 // Zurich’s Specialties’ Management Solutions Group has created a new practice aimed at offering management liability insurance to public emerging growth companies with revenues under $500 million. The new...
Feb 9 2010 // Marsh announced that Eleni Petros has been appointed as a Senior Vice President in its Financial and Professional (FINPRO) Practice in London. She specialises in Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) insurance for...
Jan 14 2010 // CNA and Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc. are ending their carrier and managing general underwriter relationship in the non-profit directors and officers (D&O) program. The split, which the firms said is amicable,...
Dec 10 2009 // Property, casualty and directors’ and officers’ (D&O) liability insurance rates will continue to stabilize in 2010, according to Aon Corp.’s U.S. Q3 ’09 Quarterly Market Overview.Highlights of...
Dec 6 2009 // In what may be a watershed event for the directors and officers (D&O) insurance industry, the parties to the consolidated federal options backdating-related shareholders’ derivative lawsuit involving Broadcom...
Nov 25 2009 // Allen Stanford, who faces U.S. criminal and civil charges for allegedly leading a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, is suing Lloyd’s of London for defense costs.Lloyd’s had advanced some legal fees under a directors and...
Nov 1 2009 // Analysts Forecast Healthy Q3 Reports from Insurers promised the headline on Insurance Journal Oct.22. Reuters was reporting that third-quarter earnings reports from insurers would look a lot better than they did a year ago...
Nov 1 2009 // This soft market is likely to linger into the New Year.Analysts Forecast Healthy Q3 Reports from Insurers” promised the headline on Insurance Journal‘s Web site, www.insurancejournal.com, on Oct.22. Reuters...
Nov 1 2009 // Analysts Forecast Healthy Q3 Reports from Insurers promised the headline on Insurance Journal Oct.22. Reuters was reporting that third-quarter earnings reports from insurers would look a lot better than they did a year ago...
Nov 1 2009 // Due to constantly evolving financial and litigation environments, the issues that are most critical in the world of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance vary significantly over time. This overview...