All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Dec 4 2005 // Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside auditors uncovered accounting irregularities within one of the company’s primary sales divisions. An internal investigation led to a...
Dec 4 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...
Nov 28 2005 // With diversification and income as priorities, individual investors, pension funds and institutional investors have been moving massive amounts of capital to the real estate sector. Real estate investment trusts (REITs),...
Nov 9 2005 // A lot of people in the insurance business apparently think that D&O liability is primarily an American problem. Think again. Willis Group, the global insurance broker, has just published its Worldwide Directory of...
Nov 7 2005 // Americans place significant value on their residential investments. So who wouldn’t want to get involved in one’s homeowners or condominium association? But the directors and officers of these nonprofit...
Nov 7 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...
Nov 7 2005 // Many insurance products grow better with the passage of time, as good underwriters look for ways to structure the policy language to be more response to evolving claims scenarios, legislative and judicial developments and...
Nov 7 2005 // Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside auditors uncovered accounting irregularities within one of the company’s primary sales divisions. An internal investigation led to a...