Latest Directors Officers Headlines

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

Navigators Pro Introduces IDL InNAVation Coverage for Independent Directors

Apr 16 2003 // Navigators Pro, a division of Navigators Management Company, a subsidiary of The Navigators Group, Inc. (www.navg.com), has introduced the IDL InNAVation(SM) coverage endorsement to its traditional primary directors and...

Despite Market Turmoil, Co’s Still Buying D&0 Says Allianz

Apr 11 2003 // Although capacity for directors and officers’ liability insurance has contracted significantly and prices have soared in the past two years, the vast majority of professional risk managers say they are obtaining...

Travelers Bond Launches Online Premium Indication Tool

Apr 9 2003 // Travelers Bond, a division of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced the debut of a new tool that allows agents to obtain – via the Internet – premium indications for Travelers executive liability...

Instant Rating for D&O, EPLI, Fiduciary, Crime

Mar 27 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Via their Web site, Dwyer & Associates can now offer retail agents the opportunity to input their client’s information on-line and instantly receive a quotation via email for D&O (for...

Instant Rating for D&O, EPLI, Fiduciary, Crime

Mar 27 2003 // Via their Web site, Dwyer & Associates can now offer retail agents the opportunity to input their client’s information online and instantly receive a quotation via e-mail for D&O (for profit entities),...

D&O Liability

Mar 27 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Bond a division of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. unveiled Broad Form PLUS+, a policy that offers personal asset protection for directors and officers when primary coverage and/or...

EPLI Market on the Run

Mar 10 2003 // It is often said that every situation has a light at the end of the tunnel, but the employment practices liability scene may have to squint just a little harder to see those rays of hope while higher prices, more courtroom...

Seeking Stability in the D&O World

Mar 10 2003 // The world of directors & officers coverage may be hanging out signs these days or posting messages on the Internet that simply read—Wanted: Stability. That commodity has been extremely hard to come by in recent...

Observations from the Storm

Mar 10 2003 // Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock somewhere for the past year or two, yes, we’re in the midst of a hardening market cycle. After a prolonged soft market period, prices seem to be firming in every segment,...

EPLI-Higher Prices, More Claims, Tighter Underwriting

Mar 10 2003 // It is often said that every situation has a light at the end of the tunnel, but the employment practices liability scene may have to squint just a little harder to see those rays of hope while higher prices, more courtroom...

Seeking Stability in the D&O World

Mar 10 2003 // The world of directors & officers coverage may be hanging out signs these days or posting messages on the Internet that simply read—Wanted: Stability. That commodity has been extremely hard to come by in recent...

Observations From the Storm

Mar 10 2003 // Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock somewhere for the past year or two, yes, we’re in the midst of a hardening market cycle. After a prolonged soft market period, prices seem to be firming in every segment,...

S&P’s Report Examines Insurers’ Recent D&O Woes

Feb 27 2003 // Reportedly barring a divine mission to overhaul human nature, corporate folly and wrongdoing will remain a fact of life, but the toll on insurers has intensified sharply, according to a report just published by Standard...

D&O Liability for Board Members

Feb 25 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced a new $40 million facility for “A” Side Directors and Officers liability insurance. The coverage will be offered in...

Vesta Settles D&O Litigation

Feb 20 2003 // Vesta Insurance Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., announced it has settled its claim made in 1998 under the previous directors and officers liability insurance policy issued by Cincinnati Insurance Company for $16...

Cincinnati Financial Ups Dividend, Names New Directors and Officers

Feb 4 2003 // Property-casualty insurer Cincinnati Financial Corp. increased its quartly cash divided 12.4 percent to 25 cents per share and its subsidiaries named new directors, officers and counsel at the company’s Feb. 1...

AXIS to Acquire Renewal Rights to Kemper’s D&O Business

Jan 31 2003 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and the Kemper Insurance Group announced that AXIS’ U.S. subsidiary has agreed to acquire the renewal rights to the D&O and related product lines written by...

Arch Group Unveils New D&O Liability Capacity for Protection of Individual Board Members

Jan 30 2003 // Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced the formation of a new $40 million facility for ‘A’ Side Directors and Officers liability insurance. The coverage will be offered in...

AXIS to Purchase Renewal Rights to Kemper’s D&O Business

Jan 30 2003 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that its U.S. subsidiary has agreed to acquire the renewal rights to the D&O and related product lines written by Kemper’s Financial Insurance Solutions...

Aon Study Reports D&O Liability Expenses Hammering Technology Companies

Jan 17 2003 // The chilling effect from last year’s corporate governance scandals has infected the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance market, hitting technology companies especially hard. That is one of the...