Latest Directors Officers Headlines
All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Soft D&O Market May Come to an End as Risk Complexities Rise
Apr 21 2025 // Buyers of directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance have benefited from strong capacity and healthy competition among insurers to see consistent rate decreases at renewal over the last several years. Those days...
Understanding the Risks and Coverages in Condo Association D&O
Apr 7 2025 // Directors and officers (D&O) coverage is critical for any organization that is governed by a board of directors. It provides coverage for those decisions that the board makes in good faith for the benefit of the...
Rate Reductions Begin to Fade for D&O Buyers: Lockton
Mar 28 2025 // Broker Lockton early this week issued its outlook of the mostly buyer-friendly U.S. property/casualty market with eye on potential changes in directors and officers liability. The latest edition of the Lockton Market...
AM Best Concerned D&O Prices ‘Fell Too Far, Too Quickly’
Mar 3 2025 // Insurance industry rating analysts from AM Best warn recent softer pricing for directors and officers coverage could begin to affect insurers’ underwriting results. AM Best noted renewal premium for monoline D&O...
Real Estate Firm’s D&O Not Available for Defense in RealPage Antitrust Lawsuit
Sep 17 2024 // A property management firm’s excess insurers are not obligated to defend it in multi-district price-fixing litigation involving use of the real estate software RealPage. A federal district judge in Massachusetts...
D&O Market in ‘State of Transition’ on Litigation Trends: Woodruff Sawyer
Sep 16 2024 // It looks like the market for directors and officers insurance is shifting, according to Woodruff Sawyer, with the number of renewals seeing flat or price increases for the first time in 18 months. Though 83% of its clients...
Insurance Technology: Aon Tool Analyzes and Quantifies Potential D&O Losses
Aug 22 2024 // Corporate risk managers looking to gauge the likelihood that their directors and officers will be sued and how much that might cost have a new digital tool to help them. Global insurance broker Aon has launched its...
Public D&O Price Decreased 5.2% in Second Quarter, Says Aon
Aug 19 2024 // The average price for directors & officers liability insurance decreased 5.2% per $1 million in limits in the second quarter, according to Aon Commercial Risk Solutions. Aon said the decrease compared to the same...
Public D&O Price Decreased 5.2% in Second Quarter, Says Aon
Jul 30 2024 // The average price for directors & officers liability insurance decreased 5.2% per $1 million in limits in the second quarter, according to Aon Commercial Risk Solutions. Aon said the decrease compared to the same...
Markets/Coverages: Relm Insurance Releases Difference in Conditions Solution for D&O
Jun 25 2024 // Relm Insurance, the Bermuda-based specialty insurance carrier, announced the release of its Side A Difference in Conditions (DIC) solution. Relm’s Side A DIC solution was created for clients that have been unable to...
A Good Year May Not Be a Good Thing in D&O Liability Market, Says AM Best
Jun 21 2024 // The U.S. directors and officer segment in 2023 recorded a direct loss ratio of 50.8—the best result in nearly a decade—but industry rating agency AM Best is not convinced the good times will last. In a special report...
D&O Risks to Consider When Exploring the New Frontier of Gen AI
Apr 15 2024 // Is the world being overtaken by robots? While the answer to that question is clearly “no” – or at least, “not yet” – it seems that the focus of nearly every industry and business media outlet is...
Materiality Matters: D&O Insurers Seek Clarity On SEC Disclosure Rules
Apr 15 2024 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules almost a year ago in July 2023 requiring public companies to disclose both material cybersecurity incidents and material information regarding their...
Markets/Coverages: AXA XL’s Bermuda Professional Lines Team Enhances D&O Policy
Apr 11 2024 // AXA XL’s Bermuda Professional Lines Team has launched a new lead difference-in-conditions (DIC) directors and officers liability policy. “AXA XL is one of the largest D&O insurers in the North American...
US D&O Insurance Segment’s Improved Results Unlikely to Be Sustainable: Fitch
Apr 4 2024 // The U.S. directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance segment’s strong underwriting profit of 2023 is unlikely to be sustainable, according to Fitch Ratings in a report. Fitch attributed this reality to...
Skeptical AM Best Tags US D&O Segment With Negative Outlook
Mar 18 2024 // Rating agency AM Best has assigned a negative outlook to the U.S. directors and officers liability insurance segment as more market entrants increase capacity and drive down pricing in the face of some troubling potential...
Skeptical AM Best Tags US D&O Segment With Negative Outlook
Mar 4 2024 // Rating agency AM Best has assigned a negative outlook to the U.S. directors and officers liability insurance segment as more market entrants increase capacity and drive down pricing in the face of some troubling potential...
Markets/Coverages: Marsh’s D&O Facility Provides Up to $75M of Capacity
Feb 14 2024 // Insurance broker Marsh announced that its D&O Echo facility is now offering clients with enhanced directors and officers insurance protection, in order to provide greater financial stability amid continued volatile...
Top Insurance Journal D&O Stories of 2023
Dec 28 2023 // Million-dollar court cases, expert predictions and in-depth market analysis — Insurance Journal’s top-read directors and officers insurance stories in 2023 scrutinized notable national headlines through a D&O...
Allianz D&O Outlook: ESG Claims ‘Here to Stay’ and AI Rapping at the Door
Dec 14 2023 // While everyone may be talking about potential risks associated with generative artificial intelligence, a new directors & officers report from Allianz highlights a range of current concerns associated with...
