Latest Directors Officers Headlines

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Impact of Enron on directors and officers insurance

Dec 25 2006 // Perceived risk drives the market for directors and officers liability insurance. Even before the Enron crisis, it was becoming much more difficult for financial institutionss to obtain affordable D&O insurance. Enron...

2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products

Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

2006 New Markets Report

Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...

Venture Programs’ Latest Offering: Professional and Management Liability

Dec 12 2006 // Venture Insurance Programs of West Chester, Pa., (www.ventureprograms.com), a national program administrator, has launched Venture Professional, a professional and management liability solution featuring Directors &...

Understanding D&O risks, exposures and insurance options

Dec 11 2006 // What do a parent advisory board, parish council, the United Way and local athletic club have in common? They are all nonprofit organizations. Most people serving on the board of such organizations are volunteers who...

Understanding D&O risks, exposures and insurance options

Dec 10 2006 // What do a parent advisory board, parish council, the United Way and local athletic club have in common? They are all nonprofit organizations. Most people serving on the board of such organizations are volunteers who...

UK’s Oxygen Creates D&O Team

Dec 6 2006 // London-based Oxygen Insurance Brokers, the Lloyd’s broking operation of Oxygen Holdings Plc, announced the creation of a new management risk practice (known in the U.S. as directors and officers liability –...

Understanding D&O risks, exposures and insurance options

Nov 20 2006 // What do a parent advisory board, parish council, the United Way and local athletic club have in common? They are all nonprofit organizations. Most people serving on the board of such organizations are volunteers who...

Insurance industry needs to improve “perceived” value

Nov 20 2006 // Insurance professionals are becoming targets, according to Dave Mosby, technologist, visionary and co-author of “The Paradox of Excellence, How Great Performance Can Kill Your Business.” According to Mosby, who...

The globalization of corporate responsibility

Nov 20 2006 // European PLUS D&O conference panelists say D&O claims and the demand for coverage are going globalNortel Networks – $2.4 billion settlement; Royal Ahold – $1.1 billion settlement; Vivendi Universal...

Understanding D&O risks, exposures and insurance options

Nov 19 2006 // What do a parent advisory board, parish council, the United Way and local athletic club have in common? They are all nonprofit organizations. Most people serving on the board of such organizations are volunteers who...

Insurance industry needs to improve “perceived” value

Nov 19 2006 // Insurance professionals are becoming targets, according to Dave Mosby, technologist, visionary and co-author of “The Paradox of Excellence, How Great Performance Can Kill Your Business.” According to Mosby, who...

The globalization of corporate responsibility

Nov 19 2006 // Nortel Networks – $2.4 billion settlement; Royal Ahold – $1.1 billion settlement; Vivendi Universal – billion dollar settlement pending. None of these companies are U.S.-based (they are Canadian, Dutch...

A multi-billion loss in corporate equity with the stroke of a pen?

Nov 6 2006 // Major earthquakes, category 5 hurricanes and terrorist attacks strike in an unpredictable manner. A fortune teller who could predict when the next of any of these events will occur would be hailed as the next Nostradamus....

A multi-billion loss in corporate equity with the stroke of a pen?

Nov 6 2006 // Major earthquakes, category 5 hurricanes and terrorist attacks strike in an unpredictable manner. A fortune teller who could predict when the next of any of these events will occur would be hailed as the next Nostradamus....

U.S. legal precedents assume larger role in corporate oversight

Nov 6 2006 // European PLUS conference explores an emerging international D&O marketMaybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers,...

Comparing apples to apples, not oranges

Nov 6 2006 // Using benchmarking tools to assist in determining objective policy limits and deductiblesSerious baseball fans were fascinated by Michael Lewis’ 2003 book titled “Moneyball” that advanced the theory that...

Soft pricing in D&O to continue

Nov 5 2006 // Pricing for D&O coverage is soft and could get softer, according to Lance Dalzell-Piper of Marsh FINPRO and David Bradford of Advisen Ltd., who spoke during the PLUS Symposium discussion of “D&O Litigation...

A multi-billion loss in corporate equity with the stroke of a pen?

Nov 5 2006 // Major earthquakes, category 5 hurricanes and terrorist attacks strike in an unpredictable manner. A fortune teller who could predict when the next of any of these events will occur would be hailed as the next Nostradamus....

Comparing apples to apples, not oranges

Nov 5 2006 // Serious baseball fans were fascinated by Michael Lewis’ 2003 book titled “Moneyball” that advanced the theory that at least one prominent major league baseball team had utilized statistical analysis of...