All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2007 // Corporate governance, stockholder activism, pricing discipline, a surprise event to define next D&O cycleThings are about as good as they can get right now in the directors and officers liability environment but that...
Feb 26 2007 // Changes in attitudes, lawsuits, statutes worldwide force global companies to buy locally-admitted D&OA company that acquires a new property in a foreign country will usually review its property and casualty insurance...
Feb 25 2007 // Governor says state is making headway on storm protection9 Ark. auto insurance fraud suspect turns self in Fraud ring allegedly scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars10 New Orleans couple drops suit against AllstateNo...
Feb 25 2007 // Stellar statistic“This is the most remarkable statistic of all. The combined ratio we estimate to be about 94 for the year. That would be the best result since 1955.” — Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and...
Feb 25 2007 // Changing corporate governance practices and excess capital in the insurance market have made directors’ and officers’ liability premiums drop in recent years, and rate level erosion in almost every line of...
Feb 25 2007 // Why don’t directors and officers insurers insist on corporate governance reform from their insureds as a precondition of coverage, the way property and workers’ compensation insurers condition their coverage on...
Feb 25 2007 // Insurers warn against subsidies10 Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates 200,000 Calif. customers to benefit, company says10 Ariz. lawmakers move to raise burden of proof on ER suitsIdentical bill vetoed by Gov....
Feb 25 2007 // Things are about as good as they can get right now in the directors and officers liability environment but that doesn’t necessarily comfort D&O brokers and underwriters in this high-profile segment; instead it...
Feb 25 2007 // Even though they may not be compelled by law to buy locally admitted D&O insurance, many companies may find that the global solution they’ve purchased for years is no longer satisfactory.A company that acquires...
Jan 30 2007 // Changing corporate governance practices and excess capital in the insurance market have made directors and officers (D&O) liability premiums drop in recent years, according to Advisen Ltd., a provider of analytics,...
Jan 29 2007 // Shortly after former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Oct. 23, 2006, sentencing, the Enron Task Force said it was closing down, with its mission mostly complete. Yet did that event really signal an endpoint in the Enron...
Jan 28 2007 // Shortly after former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Oct. 23, 2006, sentencing, the Enron Task Force said it was closing down, with its mission mostly complete. Yet did that event really signal an endpoint in the Enron...
Jan 26 2007 // Insurance broker Beecher Carlson has expanded its New York Executive Liability team with the addition of Frederick A. Ryder as managing director. Ryder will focus on business and client development for Executive Liability...
Jan 17 2007 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has a new stand-alone, simplified D&O writeNOW! insurance program for its EPLI insureds. The D&O program features limits up to $1 million with a self0insured retention...
Jan 12 2007 // The insurance industry does not think the emerging scandal over backdating of stock options will reach a point where it will pose a major claims problem for insurers of directors and officers.“If it were a problem,...
Jan 10 2007 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has introduced specialized directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance for publicly traded companies with market capitalizations of $100 million or less. These...
Jan 9 2007 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has launched the second in an occasional series of audio “podcasts,” or Internet-distributed audio programs, discussing selected...
Jan 8 2007 // Shortly after former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Oct. 23, 2006, sentencing, the Enron Task Force said it was closing down, with its mission mostly complete. Yet did that event really signal an endpoint in the Enron...
Jan 7 2007 // Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa as head of Government and Industry Affairs for General Insurance, and as chief government affairs officer, North America....
Jan 7 2007 // Shortly after former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Oct. 23, 2006, sentencing, the Enron Task Force said it was closing down, with its mission mostly complete. Yet did that event really signal an endpoint in the Enron...