Latest Directors Officers Headlines
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ACE Europe Enhances Liability Cover for Investment and Fund Managers
Apr 17 2006 // ACE European Group is launching an enhanced range of covers as part of its Elite Investment Management Insurance product. This is in response to increased exposure to litigation and a growing demand for the investment and...
Insurance Journal Reports on How Zurich Pacts Affect Agents; Promise of Mid-Sized D&O Market
Apr 4 2006 // Independent agents representing Zurich Insurance in the U.S. will have to disclose their income before binding any commercial lines policies for Zurich and some Zurich agents may be denied contingency compensation under...
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...
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...
D&O liability premiums fall for second straight year, study says
Apr 3 2006 // Directors and officers liability insurance average premium continued to decline in 2005, dropping by 9 percent last year after a 10 percent decline in 2004, according to the “D&O Liability 2005 Survey on Claims...
Downsized D & O
Apr 3 2006 // It hasn’t been healthy. In fact, the directors and officers liability insurance market for super-sized Enrons, WorldComs and the Fortune 1000 has been unhealthy for some time. Looking at the market’s...
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Apr 3 2006 // D&O insurers may invoke an ‘absolute’ pollution exclusion to deny coverage for claims that arise out of environmental reserves or other pollution. Is your directors and officers policy polluted?...
10 Pa. Gov. Rendell not shy with veto pen
Apr 3 2006 // Nixes joint and several fix; also homebuilder damages cap 10 Northeast warned of ‘historic’ storm this year Meteorologists say patterns mimic 1938 Long Island Express 12 Insurers unlikely to alter credit...
Case Law Watch
Apr 3 2006 // Northwestern National Insurance Company v Carlson (Minn. App. March 7, 2006) Ruling: An insured’s cause of action against a liability insurer for breach of its contractual duty to indemnify does not accrue, and,...
8 Poe/Southern Family changes its Florida underwriting
Apr 3 2006 // Won’t renew or insure new homeowners of commercial policies 8 Sirius International withdraws Florida application Won’t do business as an eligible surplus lines insurer 8 Florida AG files complaint against...
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...
