All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2006 // The Golden Gate Chapter of RIMS is hosting a seminar on the “State of the Market: What You Should Know about the Markets for Property, Casualty and D&O” on Thursday, March 16, 2006, in San Francisco....
Mar 6 2006 // Owners of mid-size companies used to make relatively easy, straightforward decisions on what types of insurance to buy from their local agent. The owners would purchase property insurance for the buildings; liability for...
Mar 6 2006 // Underwriters must do their homework and take a close look at legal and business requirements before deciding to rescind an insurance policy, executives attending the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) 18th...
Mar 1 2006 // In a recent press bulletin Amber Partners Ltd., an independent specialist in hedge fund operational risk, indicated that “leading U.K. and U.S. insurers to the hedge fund industry determined that Amber Certified...
Feb 27 2006 // Navigators Management Company Inc., a subsidiary of The Navigators Group Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the renewal rights to the directors’ and officers’ liability and employment practices...
Feb 23 2006 // Venture Insurance Program’s Preferred Club Program has added a new market for Directors’ & Officers’ liability coverage with RSUI.RSUI’s D&O coverage, rated “A” (Excellent)...
Feb 7 2006 // Rock Hill, NY – Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc. (ISA), a leading specialty program underwriter for the Social Services field recently announced a new Directors and Officers (D&O) Program. The new D&O Program will...
Feb 6 2006 // Directors and officers liability insurance capacity leveled off at about $1.5 billion in 2005, about where it was in 2004, while coverage restrictions continued to ease, according to D&O Liability 2005 Survey...
Feb 5 2006 // Directors and officers liability insurance capacity leveled off at about $1.5 billion in 2005, about where it was in 2004, while coverage restrictions continued to ease, according to D&O Liability 2005 Survey...
Jan 26 2006 // Directors and officers liability insurance average premium index dropped another 9 percent in 2005 after dropping 10 percent in 2004, while half of all public and private companies have received D&O inquiries from...
Jan 20 2006 // As part of its ongoing series of Webcasts dealing with the global insurance environment, international broker and risk manager, Willis Group Holdings, published a Webcast on Thursday, Jan. 19, entitled “How Global is...
Dec 19 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
Dec 18 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
Dec 18 2005 // As insurance professionals, we are all familiar with “duty to defend” language commonly associated with general liability policies. But are you familiar with, or did you even know there is, “non duty to...
Dec 13 2005 // National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member company of American International Group, Inc., is offering Hedge Fund Protector, a new insurance policy designed to protect hedge fund managers, directors...
Dec 6 2005 // Effective Jan. 1, 2006, the Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) and Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance, Risk Retention Group (ANI-RRG) will offer a new D&O Product for 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
Dec 5 2005 // Insureds need to understand the circumstances under which their insurer may invoke the fraud exclusion to deny coverage or leverage a reduction in potential payouts.Imagine that you are a new independent director of a...
Dec 5 2005 // The company’s stock price dropped substantially and shareholder plaintiffs have asserted numerous lawsuits against your company, the former CEO and CFO, and all independent directors–including you. Alleged...
Dec 5 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employ-ment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
Dec 4 2005 // A D&O policy may require the insurer to continue advancing defense costs on behalf of “black hat” co-defendants until there is a “finaladjudication” of wrongdoing. Insureds need to understand...