Latest Directors Officers Headlines

All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Expanded D&O

Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The professional lines insurance operation of XL Insurance added fiduciary liability coverage to its directors and officers policy. The expanded policy, known as ‘a-plus D&O,’ replaces...

Expanded D&O

Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The professional lines insurance operation of XL Insurance added fiduciary liability coverage to its directors and officers policy. The expanded policy, known as ‘a-plus D&O,’ replaces...

Hamilton Named SVP, Will Lead Beecher Carlson D&O Risk Practice

Dec 7 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. of Atlanta has announced the appointment of Jane Hamilton as senior vice president and team leader in the newly formed Directors & Officers (D&O) Risk Practice. Located in the...

D&O Premiums Decline for First Time Since 1999; Hard Market to Return by 2006 Predicts Tillinghast

Dec 7 2004 // Tillinghast’s Directors & Officers (D&O) liability insurance premium index dropped 10 percent from 2003 to 2004, the first decline since 1999, according to the 2004 Directors & Officers Liability...

Guy Carpenter to Use Criterion Research D&O Model

Dec 7 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., Marsh & McLennan’s reinsurance specialist, and Criterion Research Group LLC, an independent investment research firm, announced that they have entered into a licensing...

Outside on the Professional Liability Playground

Dec 6 2004 // The PLUS 17th Annual International Conference held in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 3-5, opened with an insightful panel discussion of well-known “outside the industry” professionals who routinely play the game of...

Small Business Enhancements

Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is now offering a package of eight key coverages tailored to the needs of small businesses with enhancements to Chubb’s “ForeFront Portfolio.” The...

Small Business Enhancements

Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is offering a package of eight key coverages tailored small businesses with enhancements to Chubb’s “ForeFront Portfolio.” The changes include a lower...

Expanded D&O

Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The professional lines insurance operation of XL Insurance added fiduciary liability coverage to its directors and officers policy. The expanded policy, “a-plus D&O,” replaces XL’s...

Small Business Enhancements

Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is now offering a package of eight key coverages tailored to the needs of small businesses with enhancements to Chubb’s “ForeFront Portfolio.” The...

Expanded D&O

Dec 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The professional lines insurance operation of XL Insurance added fiduciary liability coverage to its directors and officers policy. The expanded policy, known as ‘a-plus D&O,’ replaces...

Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Finalizes Deal to Purchase Fireman’s Fund NDO Renewal Rights

Nov 15 2004 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies has finalized an agreement with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to purchase the renewal rights on Fireman’s Fund’s non-profit D&O book of business. The agreement is...

D&O Coverage

Nov 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has created Priority Protection, a new D&O product that protects individual directors and officers. Lawsuits are generally filed against the company and...

The Professional Liability Maelstrom

Oct 25 2004 // Service Providers at Risk As the United States, Europe, Japan and other developed countries turn from industrial-based to service-based economies, more and more people are engaged in providing services, and the more they...

Directors & Officers

Oct 11 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has created Priority Protection, a new D&O product that protects individual directors and officers. Lawsuits are generally filed against the company and...

D&O Coverage

Oct 11 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has created Priority Protection, a new D&O product that protects individual directors and officers. The company said Priority Protection is a highly...

Survey: Increased Stand-Alone A-Side D&O Purchasing

Sep 23 2004 // A recent survey of directors and officers (D&O) insurance buying trends at Fortune 1000 companies shows an increased emphasis on liability insurance designed specifically to protect executives’ personal assets....

Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures

Sep 20 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...

The Hartford Unveils New D&O Coverage

Sep 14 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has created Priority Protection, a new D&O product that protects the individual directors and officers. “Directors and officers (D&O) coverage was originally...

Crump Opens National Financial Lines Practice Centered on D&O, Other Lines of Professional Liability

Sep 10 2004 // Crump Insurance Services Inc., a provider of wholesale insurance brokerage services, is launching a national Financial Lines practice to serve the specialty insurance market for management and professional liability. Janet...