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P/C Insurers Face Workforce, Risk, Policy Challenges as Pandemic Continues

Nov 9 2020 // Given that business-as-usual is unlikely to return soon due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers will continue to face challenges related to virus-related insurance losses and premium volume...

Houston’s HIIG Expands D&O Coverage for Public Companies; Adds Top Talent

Nov 3 2020 // Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) is expanding its management liability coverage offerings to include an excess public D&O (directors and officers) product.As part of this expansion, Peter Bujosa has...

Robinson+Cole Expands New York Office with Eight Member Financial Lines Team

Nov 3 2020 // Robinson+Cole has expanded its New York office with the addition of two partners, John F. McCarrick and Erica J. Kerstein, as well as two counsel, Phyllis A. Ingram and Sedgwick M. Jeanite, and four associates, Meryl E....

Sompo International Adds D&O Coverage for Public Companies

Oct 20 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd. has launched a new directors and officers liability insurance policy form for publicly-traded companies in the U.S. Sompo’s public D&O product is the latest addition to the...

BHSI Introduces D&O Liability, Professional Indemnity Policies in Dubai, Middle East

Oct 19 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has developed proprietary directors & officers (D&O) liability and professional indemnity (PI) policy wordings for customers in the UAE and throughout the...

AXIS Insurance Adds 4 Senior Underwriters to Management Liability Team

Oct 7 2020 // Specialty insurer AXIS Insurance has hired four experienced underwriters to its U.S. Management Liability team.Christina Segreti, Drew Kushnick, Matthew Holzinger and Sherry Alexakis have joined AXIS as senior underwriters...

How Coronavirus Is Changing Claims, Risks, Work, Habits, Supply Chains and More

Oct 7 2020 // The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic as an economic loss events is unprecedented for companies and insurers alike and claims trends and risk exposures are likely to evolve in both the mid- and long-term as a result of...

D&O Pressured But Insurers Big Enough to Handle: Fitch

Oct 5 2020 // As claims related to the economic fallout from the pandemic emerge in the U.S. directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance segment, insurers can expect the claims to take several years to pay out and underwriting...

D&O Insurers Under Pressure But Big Enough to Handle Pandemic Claims, Says Fitch

Sep 28 2020 // As claims related to the economic fallout from the pandemic emerge in the U.S. directors & officers (D&O) liability insurance segment, insurers can expect the claims to take several years to pay out and...

Beazley Beefs Up Executive Risk Team in U.S. with 6 More Recruits

Sep 22 2020 // Specialty insurer Beazley has expanded its underwriting and claims presence in the U.S. with new hires for its Executive Risk team that focuses on board-level risks facing businesses and their executives.Elizabeth...

Coronavirus Pandemic Will Have Severe Impact on Social Inflation: Fitch’s Mazzuoli

Sep 15 2020 // Claims inflation for the commercial liability business will increase through 2020, although it was accelerating even before the coronavirus pandemic hit. This trend, known as social inflation, has led the insurance...

Advisor Drops Opposition to Tesla Director After Change in D&O Insurance

Sep 3 2020 // Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said late on Tuesday it had recommended Tesla Inc.’s investors to vote in favor of re-electing Chairwoman Robyn Denholm after having earlier opposed her re-election in June.Glass Lewis...

Commercial Insurance Prices Up 19% in Q2: Marsh Index

Aug 24 2020 // Global average commercial insurance prices increased 19% in the second quarter of 2020, the eleventh straight quarter they have risen.Average price increases were driven principally by increases in property insurance rates...

Directors & Officers’ Insurance Rates Surge on Fears of Coronavirus Litigation

Aug 11 2020 // Premiums for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance surged in the second quarter, broker Marsh said on Monday, as insurance underwriters fear the coronavirus pandemic will lead to hefty litigation...

Average Commercial Insurance Prices Rose 19% in Q2: Marsh Index

Aug 10 2020 // Global average commercial insurance prices increased 19% in the second quarter of 2020, the eleventh straight quarter they have risen.Average price increases were driven principally by increases in property insurance rates...

Global Commercial Insurance Rates Up 19% on COVID-19, Other Large Losses: Marsh

Aug 10 2020 // Global average commercial insurance prices increased 19% in the second quarter of 2020, according to the latest Global Insurance Market Index released by broker and risk adviser Marsh.The increase, the largest since the...

Wirecard Hires Forensic Investigator, Say Sources. Findings Could Aid in D&O Litigation.

Jul 21 2020 // German payments company Wirecard has hired Alix Partners for a forensic investigation of the accounting scandal that led to its collapse, people close to the matter said.The blue-chip company filed for insolvency last...

Insurance Costs Rising for Cannabis Firms as Unhappy Investors File Slew of Lawsuits

Jul 8 2020 // Canadian and U.S. cannabis companies are facing a spike in already high costs of insurance to protect top executives from personal liability, following a slew of lawsuits by disgruntled investors alleging fraud and...

Tesla Pays CEO Musk Nearly $1M for Controversial D&O Insurance Arrangement

Jul 1 2020 // Tesla Inc. is making a one-time payment of almost $1 million to Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk related to a controversial insurance arrangement he agreed to with the carmaker’s board earlier this year.The company...

There’s Plenty of Room for Improvement in U.S. Commercial Lines: Fitch

Jun 22 2020 // With an industry overall combined ratio for 2019 hovering just below 100, and individual lines like long-tail liability moving 10 points over breakeven, the U.S. commercial lines market has “plenty of room for...