All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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....
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Nov 5 2006 // Maybe it’s part of the globalization process; maybe it’s due to the increasing sophistication of private investors and fund managers, or maybe it’s the legal profession prospecting for additional income...
Nov 1 2006 // Philadelphia Insurance Cos. has launched Employed Lawyers Protection Plus, a product that protects attorneys working as in-house counsel, their support staff and eligible independent contractors from claims arising out of...
Oct 24 2006 // ACE European Group has expanded its e-commerce offerings to UK brokers with the launch of a Directors & Officers (D&O) product on the Acturis broker platform.“The auto-rated cover, specifically developed...
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
Oct 23 2006 // Directors & Officers with Employment Practices Liability and a Third Party Discrimination & Harassment EndorsementUsually a broad D&O policy. Only one policy to negotiate.Only one renewal to...
Oct 12 2006 // San Diego, CA – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency’s, Inc. Professional Liability Division offers fast and easy online quotes through Arrowhead Exchange for their Private Company Directors & Officers...
Oct 12 2006 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc.’s Professional Liability Division is offering online quoting for its private company directors and officers program. The program is available through RLI Insurance Co., an...
Oct 9 2006 // Commissioner challenge>/b> “The principal role is to make sure that the market works; that you have insurance products that are reasonably priced that provide the service that they’re purported to do with the...
Oct 9 2006 // Today “it’s tough to be a director and officer, and that means it’s tough to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for Ace USA based...
Oct 9 2006 // Pricing for D&O coverage is soft, according to panelists Lance Dalzell-Piper of Marsh FINPRO, David Bradford of Advisen Ltd., and Patrick Kelly of Wilson Elser, who summed up the Plus D&O West Symposium...
Oct 9 2006 // Today “it’s tough to be a director and officer, and that means it’s tough to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for Ace USA based...