All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2006 // Commissioner challenge“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 6 2006 // “Today it’s a tough time to be a director and officer, and that means it’s a tough time to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for...
Sep 28 2006 // Connecticut-based Specialty lines insurer Beazley announced that it is expanding BeazleySource, its proprietary risk management platform, to include information and advice for fiduciaries and administrators of employee...
Sep 25 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...
Sep 18 2006 // ACE’s Bermuda-based subsidiary, Corporate Officers & Directors Assurance Ltd. (CODA) has announced the launch of three new professional lines products aimed at the North American business segment.Executive VP...
Sep 12 2006 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a new not-for-profit directors and officers program designed to insure small to medium IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations. The program is through RLI...
Sep 5 2006 // The AIG Companies have introduced AIG Passport, an enhanced service process for corporate clients purchasing locally admitted directors and officers liability insurance to cover their international operations and...
Aug 29 2006 // The U.K.’s Hiscox Insurance Co. has launched of a new management liability policy developed to cover the liabilities of U.K. companies, their directors and employees.Hiscox said it had revamped the coverage “to...
Aug 7 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market.In the...
Aug 7 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market.In the...
Aug 3 2006 // The U.K.-based ACE European Group, a primary underwriter of directors and officers insurance in the London market, issued a statement that it is “taking a lead in the D&O market by providing greater clarity in...
Jul 24 2006 // If investors think they’re safe from the scandal involving the suspicious timing of executive stock option grants, they may want to consider this: Even if they aren’t invested in companies caught up in that...
Jul 24 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted?Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report in...
Jul 24 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted?Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report in...
Jul 24 2006 // Already, insurers are asking businesses questions about whether they have any exposure to option-grant timing, especially in industries like technology where options have been more prevalent as an employee compensation and...
Jul 24 2006 // There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London D&O market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking this sector.The Index for the second...
Jul 6 2006 // Susanne N. Wolfe, CPIW of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – Greenville Is Named ChairmanCornelius, NC – The NAIW Education Foundation d.b.a. Insurance Scholarship Foundation of America elected their Board of...
Jul 5 2006 // If investors think they’re safe from the scandal involving the suspicious timing of executive stock option grants, they may want to consider this: Even if they aren’t invested in companies caught up in that...
Jul 5 2006 // Tudor Insurance Company has introduced an enhanced version of its non-profit organization liability policy. A separate limit of liability will now be available for employment practices liability claims (generally available...