Latest Directors Officers Headlines

All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Should the Directors and Officers Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?

Nov 7 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...

Should the D&O Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?

Nov 6 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...

Should the Directors and Officers Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?

Nov 6 2005 // Insureds need to understand the circumstances under which their insurer may invoke the fraud exclusion to deny coverage or leverage a reductionImagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside...

Nonprofit D&O Essentials: Homeowners, Condo Association Boards Beware

Nov 6 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...

Employment Practices Liability: Like Fine Wine, Better With Time

Nov 6 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...

MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market

Nov 6 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...

Integro Names Management Risk Practice Principal in San Francisco

Nov 1 2005 // Integro has appointed Paula Choy principal, management risk practice, for the company’s San Francisco office. Choy has 14 years of experience in directors and officers liability brokerage, most recently serving as...

San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that William Dougherty has joined the firm as an Account Executive w

Oct 17 2005 // Hilb Rogal and Hobbs Company, headquartered in Glen Allen, Va., has appointed Michael Crowley to the position of president. In that role, Crowley will have overall responsibility for profit and loss, revenue growth,...

The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies

Oct 3 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 including...

Competition, Regulation and Katrina a Concern at PLUS D&O Symposium

Oct 3 2005 // Wrapping up the PLUS D&O West Symposium held Sept. 13-14 in San Francisco, senior management personnel from insurers, brokerage firms, corporations and law firms concluded that competition is shaping the current and...

Competition, Regulation and Katrina a Concern at PLUS D&O Symposium

Oct 3 2005 // Wrapping up the PLUS D&O West Symposium held Sept. 13-14 in San Francisco, senior management personnel from insurers, brokerage firms, corporations and law firms concluded that competition is shaping the current and...

The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies

Oct 3 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...

Dougherty Joins Woodruff-Sawyer

Sep 8 2005 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that William Dougherty has joined the firm as an Account Executive with their Directors & Officers Practice. In this role, Dougherty will consult with clients...

Community Bankers’ D&O

Sep 5 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive Casualty Ins. Co. released a new directors’ and officers’/company liability policy for financial institutions. The new policy allows bankers to...

Case Law Watch

Sep 5 2005 // Boghos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (California, July 18, 2005) Ruling: This case considered the effect and enforceability of an arbitration clause in a contract for disability insurance. The Supreme...

Arbitration

Sep 5 2005 // Boghos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (California, July 18, 2005)Ruling: This case considered the effect and enforceability of an arbitration clause in a contract for disability insurance. The Supreme...

Integro Hires Three from Marsh for San Francisco Office

Aug 26 2005 // New York-based Integro Ltd. has announced it has hired three former Marsh senior vice presidents for its San Francisco office. Charles F. Shay Jr. will serve as Managing Principal, Management Risk Solutions; Tim Candy will...

Broadening Club Coverage in a Softening Market

Aug 8 2005 // The softening market has provided some welcome price relief for golf and country clubs, which had weathered significantly higher premiums in the last few years. To agents and brokers writing golf and club business, this is...

D&O Liability Plan Upgraded to Reflect Banks Entering New Fields

Jul 27 2005 // In response to the increasing complexity of community banking, the American Bankers Association-sponsored insurance program, underwritten by Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., has released a new directors and...

Willis: Gains for D&O Policyholders Figure to Continue

Jul 14 2005 // The last three months have witnessed a period of stability and consolidation in overall capacity of the directors and officers market.Premium rates, however, continue to reduce and brokers continue to drive improved...