Latest Directors Officers Headlines
All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Carriers Committed to D&O Segment
Mar 10 2014 // Several turbulent years of increased claims, more regulation and additional oversight of directors and officers have not deterred carriers from the directors and officers (D&O) liability segment. As more carriers beef...
Travelers Adds Broad Form Plus+ to D&O Liability Portfolio
Feb 25 2014 // Travelers has added Broad Form Plus+ to its portfolio of directors and officers (D&O) coverages as a way to protect against concerns above and beyond corporate liabilities. While many companies typically provide...
Commercial Insurance Markets Looking Favorable in 2014: Marsh
Feb 24 2014 // The ample capacity and competition that helped temper firming of U.S. commercial insurance rates in 2013 is expected to continue into 2014, unless catastrophe losses turn out higher than expected, according to a report by...
How ACA Healthcare Law Could Affect P/C Insurance Costs and Claims
Feb 21 2014 // The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to face cost shifting by hospitals, physicians and other medical providers due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an insurance industry...
Private, Nonprofit D&O: Gallagher’s Norton on Claims, Coverage Expansion and Outlook
Feb 10 2014 // Much has changed in the insurance industry throughout the past 20 years. What hasn’t changed so much is the type of claim to strike the private company and nonprofit directors and officers (D&O) sector. What has...
Board Director & Officer Risks in Serving a Nonprofit
Feb 10 2014 // According to a recent Towers Watson Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability Survey, 63 percent of nonprofit organizations reported a D&O claim in the past 10 years. Neglecting to prepare for such claims can...
Commercial Insurance Markets Looking Favorable for Buyers in 2014: Marsh
Feb 7 2014 // The ample capacity and competition that helped temper firming of U.S. commercial insurance rates in 2013 is expected to continue into 2014, unless catastrophe losses turn out higher than expected, according to a report by...
Beazley, Hiscox Form D&O Consortium with Capacity up to $50 Million
Jan 28 2014 // Lloyd’s of London insurers Beazley and Hiscox have partnered to offer brokers and clients a D&O consortium through which the syndicates will provide materially higher limits and offer additional options to...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Introduces D&O Liability Policy
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Executive First, a directors & officers liability insurance policy designed to address the complex and volatile risks facing directors, officers and their...
Oracle Loses Bid to Have D&O Insurer Beazley Pay $20M in Claims Over Acquisition
Jan 16 2014 // Oracle Corp. can’t rely on an insurer to pay $20 million to help settle shareholder claims over the software maker’s acquisition of a company controlled by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, a judge...
Delaware Judge Weighs D&O Insurer’s Obligation in Oracle Settlement
Jan 10 2014 // Attorneys for Oracle Corp. are asking a Delaware judge to order an insurer to pay $20 million to cover attorney fees related to the proposed settlement of a shareholder lawsuit. The lawsuit challenged Oracle’s 2011...
Health Care D&O Rates Rise Over Obamacare Antitrust Concerns: Marsh
Dec 16 2013 // Health care organizations paid significantly more for their directors and officers liability insurance in the third quarter of 2013 amid growing concerns over antitrust issues arising from implementation of the Affordable...
Arch Insurance Group Launches New Side A D&O Policy
Nov 22 2013 // Arch Insurance Group, a member of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has launched a new specialized management liability product in the U.S. that features: Arch Essential Side A Side A lead difference in conditions (DIC) Follow form...
Franchise Opportunities
Nov 4 2013 // Can you name an industry that contributes $2 trillion to our country’s gross national product (GNP)? How about an industry that is the fastest-growing and represents one in every 12 businesses that exist today? Or...
ACE Bermuda Launches New CODA Premier D&O Policy
Oct 30 2013 // ACE Bermuda has launched a new CODA Premier directors and officers liability policy. The CODA Premier policy offers personal asset protection to directors and officers and is available through ACE’s commercial...
D&O Liability Insurance Rates Fell in Q2: Marsh
Oct 10 2013 // U.S. publicly-traded clients paid 4.9 percent more on average for their primary directors and officers liability (D&O) coverage in the second quarter, according to global broker Marsh. However, Marsh said, when...
Zurich Launches Side A D&O Coverage for Corporate Leaders in the U.S. and Abroad
Oct 10 2013 // Zurich has introduced a new Side A D&O policy that addresses the evolving litigation landscape and provides coverage for liability exposures in the global marketplace, including China, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and India....
Pitfalls That Can Derail Insurance Coverage Disputes
Oct 7 2013 // Insurance coverage disputes have a lot of commonalities. And lawyers who represent both sides of the table — defense and plaintiff — say participants in such disputes should be aware of certain potentially adversarial...
U.S. Risk, Western World Launch Private D&O, EPL, Fiduciary Liability Program
Oct 3 2013 // U.S. Risk Pro, a division national MGA and surplus lines wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., and Western World Insurance Group have launched a new program for private company directors and officers liability. This...
Hudson, C&F Shift D&O and E&O Business
Sep 17 2013 // Hudson Insurance Group and Crum & Forster, both owned by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., announced a strategic realignment of their directors and officers (D&O) and management liability business. C&F will...
