All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 21 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...
Feb 21 2005 // Not knowing the difference between a “severability clause” and a “final adjudication exclusion” could have major consequences for audit committee members and their fellow directors.Board members who...
Feb 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Pittsburgh-based National Union Fire Insurance Co. has launched PrivateRisk Protector, a new management and professional liability portfolio of coverages designed to address the broad spectrum of...
Feb 21 2005 // As discussed in part one of this series in the Feb. 7 issue (page 34), fiduciary liability is one of the most misunderstood of management exposures. However, once one grasps the concept of personal liability embedded in...
Feb 21 2005 // The start of 2004 was a testing time for the global D&O market, reports Willis’ Directors & Officers Index which asked participating insurers for their views about the past three and next three months....
Feb 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member company of American International Group Inc., launched “PrivateRisk Protector,” a new management and professional liability portfolio...
Feb 11 2005 // Jeffrey Lattmann and John Kerns have been named managing directors of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc.’s New York office. Lattmann will also be a senior partner of the newly formed Executive Liability...
Feb 7 2005 // The start of 2004 was a testing time for the global D&O market, reports Willis’ Directors & Officers Index which asked participating insurers for their views about the past three and next three...
Feb 7 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...
Feb 4 2005 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., one of the largest independent insurance brokers in the nation, announced that Priya Cherian Huskins has been named a Partner with the firm. Huskins joined the firm’s Directors &...
Feb 3 2005 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s Not-for-Profit D&O Program has added another coverage line to its portfolio: stand-alone fiduciary coverage. The policy offers fiduciary liability coverage for any employee...
Jan 17 2005 // Specialist EPLI program manager LSRAngel Inc. has announced a new partnership with the U.S underwriting subsidiaries of Quanta US Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd., to provide...
Jan 7 2005 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. has formed a Executive Liability Practice at its New York office anchored by Steven Anderson, Jack Flug, John Kerns, Jeff Lattmann and Hank Whiting, all former Marsh executives....
Dec 23 2004 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs has released its Directors and Officers Liability Snapshot and Insurance Market Forecast for 2005.Legislation, regulatory activity, litigation and corporate governance requirements continue to...
Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The professional lines insurance operation of XL Insurance added fiduciary liability coverage to its directors and officers policy. The expanded policy, known as ‘a-plus D&O,’ replaces...
Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The professional lines insurance operation of XL Insurance added fiduciary liability coverage to its directors and officers policy. The expanded policy, known as ‘a-plus D&O,’ replaces...
Dec 7 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. of Atlanta has announced the appointment of Jane Hamilton as senior vice president and team leader in the newly formed Directors & Officers (D&O) Risk Practice. Located in the...
Dec 7 2004 // Tillinghast’s Directors & Officers (D&O) liability insurance premium index dropped 10 percent from 2003 to 2004, the first decline since 1999, according to the 2004 Directors & Officers Liability...
Dec 7 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., Marsh & McLennan’s reinsurance specialist, and Criterion Research Group LLC, an independent investment research firm, announced that they have entered into a licensing...
Dec 6 2004 // The PLUS 17th Annual International Conference held in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 3-5, opened with an insightful panel discussion of well-known “outside the industry” professionals who routinely play the game of...