Latest Directors Officers Headlines
All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market
Nov 6 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...
Integro Names Management Risk Practice Principal in San Francisco
Nov 1 2005 // Integro has appointed Paula Choy principal, management risk practice, for the company’s San Francisco office. Choy has 14 years of experience in directors and officers liability brokerage, most recently serving as...
San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that William Dougherty has joined the firm as an Account Executive w
Oct 17 2005 // Hilb Rogal and Hobbs Company, headquartered in Glen Allen, Va., has appointed Michael Crowley to the position of president. In that role, Crowley will have overall responsibility for profit and loss, revenue growth,...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Oct 3 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 including...
Competition, Regulation and Katrina a Concern at PLUS D&O Symposium
Oct 3 2005 // Wrapping up the PLUS D&O West Symposium held Sept. 13-14 in San Francisco, senior management personnel from insurers, brokerage firms, corporations and law firms concluded that competition is shaping the current and...
Competition, Regulation and Katrina a Concern at PLUS D&O Symposium
Oct 3 2005 // Wrapping up the PLUS D&O West Symposium held Sept. 13-14 in San Francisco, senior management personnel from insurers, brokerage firms, corporations and law firms concluded that competition is shaping the current and...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Oct 3 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...
Dougherty Joins Woodruff-Sawyer
Sep 8 2005 // San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that William Dougherty has joined the firm as an Account Executive with their Directors & Officers Practice. In this role, Dougherty will consult with clients...
Community Bankers’ D&O
Sep 5 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive Casualty Ins. Co. released a new directors’ and officers’/company liability policy for financial institutions. The new policy allows bankers to...
Case Law Watch
Sep 5 2005 // Boghos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (California, July 18, 2005) Ruling: This case considered the effect and enforceability of an arbitration clause in a contract for disability insurance. The Supreme...
Arbitration
Sep 5 2005 // Boghos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (California, July 18, 2005) Ruling: This case considered the effect and enforceability of an arbitration clause in a contract for disability insurance. The Supreme...
Integro Hires Three from Marsh for San Francisco Office
Aug 26 2005 // New York-based Integro Ltd. has announced it has hired three former Marsh senior vice presidents for its San Francisco office. Charles F. Shay Jr. will serve as Managing Principal, Management Risk Solutions; Tim Candy will...
Broadening Club Coverage in a Softening Market
Aug 8 2005 // The softening market has provided some welcome price relief for golf and country clubs, which had weathered significantly higher premiums in the last few years. To agents and brokers writing golf and club business, this is...
D&O Liability Plan Upgraded to Reflect Banks Entering New Fields
Jul 27 2005 // In response to the increasing complexity of community banking, the American Bankers Association-sponsored insurance program, underwritten by Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., has released a new directors and...
Willis: Gains for D&O Policyholders Figure to Continue
Jul 14 2005 // The last three months have witnessed a period of stability and consolidation in overall capacity of the directors and officers market. Premium rates, however, continue to reduce and brokers continue to drive improved...
Progressive Offers New Community Bankers’ D&O Market
Jul 7 2005 // Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. has released a new directors’ and officers’/company liability policy for financial institutions. The new policy allows bankers to protect the...
The Hartford’s New D&O Product Protects Independent Directors
Jun 28 2005 // Until recently, independent directors serving on corporate boards could comfortably rely on a company’s indemnification and directors & officers (D&O) insurance to protect them from legal action in...
Zero Tolerance: Agency Mistakes are No Longer Acceptable
Jun 20 2005 // There is an abundance of material offering insurance agents advice designed to minimize or prevent errors and omissions claims. Most of these materials are generalized, focusing on proper file documentation and stressing...
The British Are Coming! No – They’re Already Here
Jun 6 2005 // Over 200 years ago Paul Revere rallied the Minutemen with the cry: “The British are coming!” He’d be somewhat surprised to learn of today’s more benign invasion by a number of British insurance...
R&M Report on U.K. Employer’s Liability Market Sees Slower Growth
May 25 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of UK Commercial Liability Insurance 2005 to their offering, which it describes as “a market based report looking in-depth at the three key liability...
