Latest Directors Officers Headlines
All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Apr 3 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...
Sam Jones
Apr 3 2006 // People Sam Jones, president of property and casualty operations at ABD Insurance and Financial Services, Redwood City, Calif., is retiring from active operating responsibilities to focus more time on his family and the...
Survey Finds Private Companies Acting More Like Public Companies; At Increased Risk of a Liability Lawsuit
Mar 31 2006 // “Many private companies are planning activities that may increase their exposure to management liability risks,” said Lisa McGee, vice president, Chubb & Son, during the Inc. 500 Conference. According to...
ABD Insurance and Financial Services Gains Top D&O Broker Rating
Mar 15 2006 // California-based ABD Insurance & Financial Services is once again the leading directors and officers liability insurance broker in the United States, according to the 2005 Tillinghast-Towers Perrin D&O...
R&M Issues Study on Venture Capital D&O Indemnification
Mar 7 2006 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of Director and Officer Indemnification and Insurance for VC (Venture Capital) Backed Companies to their offering. “Winning legal Strategies: Director and...
It’s not their father’s E&O policy anymore
Mar 6 2006 // Owners of mid-size companies used to make relatively easy, straightforward decisions on what types of insurance to buy. They would purchase property insurance for the buildings; liability for the autos, premises and...
RIMS Hosts Property, Casualty and D&O Seminar
Mar 6 2006 // The Golden Gate Chapter of RIMS is hosting a seminar on the “State of the Market: What You Should Know about the Markets for Property, Casualty and D&O” on Thursday, March 16, 2006, in San Francisco....
Today’s service firms must look beyond their father’s E&O
Mar 6 2006 // Owners of mid-size companies used to make relatively easy, straightforward decisions on what types of insurance to buy from their local agent. The owners would purchase property insurance for the buildings; liability for...
Understanding the rules of rescinding policies
Mar 6 2006 // Underwriters must do their homework and take a close look at legal and business requirements before deciding to rescind an insurance policy, executives attending the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) 18th...
Amber Cert Reduces D&O, E&O Premiums; Aon, Willis, Brit Comment
Mar 1 2006 // In a recent press bulletin Amber Partners Ltd., an independent specialist in hedge fund operational risk, indicated that “leading U.K. and U.S. insurers to the hedge fund industry determined that Amber Certified...
Navigators to Acquire D&O, EPL Portfolio from Genesis
Feb 27 2006 // Navigators Management Company Inc., a subsidiary of The Navigators Group Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the renewal rights to the directors’ and officers’ liability and employment practices...
Preferred Club Program Adds D&O Market from RSUI
Feb 23 2006 // Venture Insurance Program’s Preferred Club Program has added a new market for Directors’ & Officers’ liability coverage with RSUI. RSUI’s D&O coverage, rated “A” (Excellent)...
Irwin Siegel Agency Announces New D&O Program
Feb 7 2006 // Rock Hill, NY – Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc. (ISA), a leading specialty program underwriter for the Social Services field recently announced a new Directors and Officers (D&O) Program. The new D&O Program will...
D&O EXCESS LIMITS UP BUT PREMIUMS DOWN
Feb 6 2006 // Directors and officers liability insurance capacity leveled off at about $1.5 billion in 2005, about where it was in 2004, while coverage restrictions continued to ease, according to D&O Liability 2005 Survey...
D&O excess limits up but premiums down
Feb 5 2006 // Directors and officers liability insurance capacity leveled off at about $1.5 billion in 2005, about where it was in 2004, while coverage restrictions continued to ease, according to D&O Liability 2005 Survey...
D&O Liability Premiums Fall for Second Straight Year, Tillinghast Survey Says
Jan 26 2006 // Directors and officers liability insurance average premium index dropped another 9 percent in 2005 after dropping 10 percent in 2004, while half of all public and private companies have received D&O inquiries from...
Willis Webcast Focuses on Global D&O
Jan 20 2006 // As part of its ongoing series of Webcasts dealing with the global insurance environment, international broker and risk manager, Willis Group Holdings, published a Webcast on Thursday, Jan. 19, entitled “How Global is...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Dec 19 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Dec 18 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
Duty to or Non Duty to Defend: What is the Best Defense Provision?
Dec 18 2005 // As insurance professionals, we are all familiar with “duty to defend” language commonly associated with general liability policies. But are you familiar with, or did you even know there is, “non duty to...
