Directors & Officers News

ACE Bermuda Expands D&O Cover for Non-North American Multinationals

ACE Bermuda International announced the launch of an additional D&O liability insurance capability for multinational companies based outside of North America. The new capability allows ACE to issue CODA Premier® policies directly through ACE’s Syndicate 2488 at Lloyd’s and offer …

XL Group Expands Executive Liability Protection in U.S.

XL Group’s Professional Liability arm has released a new Executive and Corporate Securities Liability policy form to protect companies and their directors and officers from what it terms “an increasingly complex litigation and regulatory environment in the U.S. and around …

Allied World Offers D&O Policy in Canada, Addressing Coverage Gaps

Allied World North America has launched the Executive ForceFieldproduct, a policy specifically developed to address coverage gaps for directors and officers of publicly traded companies in the Canadian market. This upgraded side ‘A’ directors & officers excess and lead difference-in-conditions …

CorPro, AIG Offer Management Liability Products for Small, Mid-Sized Firms

CorPro Underwriting Managers will now offer directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary and crime insurance coverage to small and mid-sized enterprises through its partnership with subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. This partnership provides a single point of entry exclusively …

Top 25 D&O Insurers Show Healthy Growth: SNL

Direct premiums written for the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance industry grew 7.35 percent year over year in the first half of 2014, rising to $2.91 billion, according to an SNL Financial analysis of monoline D&O policies. Growth in written …

MF Global Officers’ Defense Cost Already at $48 Million

Former officers and directors of MF Global Holdings Ltd. have already spent more than $48 million defending themselves from lawsuits, a sum U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn called “staggering” considering examinations under oath haven’t even begun. In a 23-page opinion …

Chief Executive Insurance Services Launches Personal Director’s Liability Coverage

Chief Executive Insurance Services has launched an enhanced personal director’s liability (PDL) policy. Coverage is available to members of Chief Executive Group and their spouses, as well as non-members through agents and brokers. This enhanced PDL policy, issued in the …

ACE Expands Global D&O Coverage Through Lloyd’s Syndicate

ACE Group has launched ACE 2488 Global D&O, an enhanced global directors & officers (D&O) liability insurance proposition for multinational organizations. Adding Lloyd’s coverage through ACE Syndicate 2488 to its existing suite of D&O products enables ACE to provide protection …

Allied World Bermuda Upgrades Public Company D&O Coverage

Allied World Bermuda has upgraded its Executive ForceField policy to provide enhanced coverage for the protection of directors and officers of public companies. This upgraded Side ‘A’ directors & officers excess and lead difference-in-conditions insurance policy provides broad ‘Side A’ …

Beazley, Hiscox Form D&O Consortium with Capacity up to $50 Million

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 complex risks for U.S.-domiciled companies. Central to the proposal …