Latest Directors Officers Headlines

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Pine Street Expands Its Executive Staff

Dec 8 2000 // Pine Street Management Company, a unit of Swett & Crawford Group Inc., promoted founding underwriter Luis Roman from president to chairman and named insurance industry veteran William Morris as president. Roman, who...

Commentary: The Rainy Season Arrives as D&O Market Begins to Tighten

Oct 30 2000 // Hopefully D&O policyholders have been putting some premium away for a rainy day, because it has started to drizzle and thunderstorms are just around the corner. The end of the soft market is in sight.The last...

Volunteer Workforce, Lifeblood of the Nonprofits, Needs Special Coverages

Jul 24 2000 // Volunteers—without them, most nonprofit organizations would not exist. They are the common soil in which most mainstream nonprofits are planted, providing services in countless different areas.Yet although...

The Hartford, Reliance Sign Definitive Agreement

Jul 7 2000 // The Hartford Financial Services Group and Reliance Group Holdings have signed a definitive agreement to purchase Reliance’s financial products and the majority of its excess and surplus line. The Hartford announced...

Volunteer Workforce,Lifeblood of the Nonprofits, Need Special Coverages

May 29 2000 // Volunteers-without them, most nonprofit organizations would not exist. They are the common soil in which most mainstream nonprofits are planted, providing services in countless different areas.Yet although...

ABD Jumps From Fifth to Third Largest D&O Broker in Annual Survey

May 2 2000 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services now ranks as the third largest U.S. broker of D&O liability insurance, according to the 1999 Annual Tillinghast-Towers Perrin Survey.As one of the nation’s premier D&O...

Mergers, Acquisitions All Too Often Accompanied by Lawsuits

May 1 2000 // Along with the skyrocketing merger and acquisition activity during recent years, has come a general, albeit not unanimous, perception of a corresponding increase in M&A-related lawsuits-especially in...

Highest-Ever D&O Liability Shareholder Claim Reported

Feb 3 2000 // The average size of a shareholder directors & officers (D&O) liability claim award rose to $8.67 million, the highest ever, but overall pricing still declined for D&O liability insurance for the fourth...