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National Union Fire’s Hedge Fund Protector Targets $875 Billion Industry
Dec 13 2005 // National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member company of American International Group, Inc., is offering Hedge Fund Protector, a new insurance policy designed to protect hedge fund managers, directors...
Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California Offers New D&O Product
Dec 6 2005 // Effective Jan. 1, 2006, the Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) and Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance, Risk Retention Group (ANI-RRG) will offer a new D&O Product for 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
More Teeth for the D&O Fraud Exclusion
Dec 5 2005 // Insureds need to understand the circumstances under which their insurer may invoke the fraud exclusion to deny coverage or leverage a reduction in potential payouts. Imagine that you are a new independent director of a...
Should the D&O Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Dec 5 2005 // The company’s stock price dropped substantially and shareholder plaintiffs have asserted numerous lawsuits against your company, the former CEO and CFO, and all independent directors–including you. Alleged...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Dec 5 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employ-ment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
More Teeth for the D&O Fraud Exclusion
Dec 4 2005 // A D&O policy may require the insurer to continue advancing defense costs on behalf of “black hat” co-defendants until there is a “final adjudication” of wrongdoing. Insureds need to understand...
Should the D&O Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Dec 4 2005 // Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside auditors uncovered accounting irregularities within one of the company’s primary sales divisions. An internal investigation led to a...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Dec 4 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employ-ment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
More Teeth for the D&O Fraud Exclusion
Dec 4 2005 // A D&O policy may require the insurer to continue advancing defense costs on behalf of “black hat” co-defendants until there is a “final adjudication” of wrongdoing. Insureds need to understand...
The Hartford Updates Its D&O Product for Real Estate Investment Trusts
Nov 28 2005 // With diversification and income as priorities, individual investors, pension funds and institutional investors have been moving massive amounts of capital to the real estate sector. Real estate investment trusts (REITs),...
Willis Publishes Global D&O Liability Guide Covering 51 Countries
Nov 9 2005 // A lot of people in the insurance business apparently think that D&O liability is primarily an American problem. Think again. Willis Group, the global insurance broker, has just published its Worldwide Directory of...
Nonprofit D&O Essentials: Homeowners, Condo Association Boards Beware
Nov 7 2005 // Americans place significant value on their residential investments. So who wouldn’t want to get involved in one’s homeowners or condominium association? But the directors and officers of these nonprofit...
MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market
Nov 7 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...
Employment Practices Liability: Like Fine Wine, Better With Time
Nov 7 2005 // Many insurance products grow better with the passage of time, as good underwriters look for ways to structure the policy language to be more response to evolving claims scenarios, legislative and judicial developments and...
Should the D&O Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Nov 7 2005 // Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside auditors uncovered accounting irregularities within one of the company’s primary sales divisions. An internal investigation led to a...
Should the Directors and Officers Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Nov 7 2005 // Insureds need to understand the circumstances under which their insurer may invoke the fraud exclusion to deny coverage or leverage a reduction in potential payouts. Imagine that you are a new independent director of a...
Should the D&O Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Nov 6 2005 // Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside auditors uncovered accounting irregularities within one of the company’s primary sales divisions. An internal investigation led to a...
Should the Directors and Officers Fraud Exclusion Have More Teeth?
Nov 6 2005 // Insureds need to understand the circumstances under which their insurer may invoke the fraud exclusion to deny coverage or leverage a reduction Imagine that you are a new independent director of a public company. Outside...
Nonprofit D&O Essentials: Homeowners, Condo Association Boards Beware
Nov 6 2005 // Americans place significant value on their residential investments. So who wouldn’t want to get involved in one’s homeowners or condominium association? But the directors and officers of these nonprofit...
Employment Practices Liability: Like Fine Wine, Better With Time
Nov 6 2005 // Many insurance products grow better with the passage of time, as good underwriters look for ways to structure the policy language to be more response to evolving claims scenarios, legislative and judicial developments and...
