Latest Directors Officers Headlines
All the headlines from our Directors Officers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Hires Stroili in New York City
May 21 2019 // Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a national law firm, has hired Peter A. Stroili as an insurance coverage partner in its New York City office. Stroili has 30 years of experience in insurance coverage, professional...
Sompo International Taps Pützer from Amlin as Head of Financial Lines in Germany
May 21 2019 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty re/insurance, announced that Udo Pützer has joined the company’s European insurance platform as head of Financial Lines...
Commercial Insurance Prices Were Up 3% Globally, 1.1% in U.S. in Q1: Marsh
May 16 2019 // Average global commercial insurance prices increased 3% in the first quarter of2019, according to broker Marsh. This represents the sixth consecutive quarter of average commercial insurance pricing increases, Marsh said in...
Venture Insurance Programs Partners with Allianz on Golf, Country Club Accounts
May 10 2019 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator, has formed a new carrier partnership with Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) for the...
What Companies May Not Know About an Exclusion
Apr 15 2019 // Hiding in Their D&O Policies Many private companies believe that procuring a directors and officers liability (D&O) policy ensures that their executives are covered. But, does the D&O policy really protect...
AXA XL Promotes Minors to Product Line Leader, Bermuda Professional Lines Business
Apr 4 2019 // AXA XL has promoted Jennifer Minors to senior vice president – product line leader in its Bermuda Professional Lines Insurance business. Minors is responsible for managing directors and officers (D&O), professional...
Analysis: Warren Buffett Champions an Inferior Product in THREE Policy
Mar 25 2019 // Warren Buffett, often ahead of the curve, sounded like a disrupter in a 2004 shareholder letter. Fifteen years ago, Buffett wrote, “Insurers have generally earned poor returns for a single reason: They sell a...
BHSI Launches Professional Liability Cover for Asset Managers and Funds in UK, Ireland
Mar 18 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Professional First Asset Management Liability Insurance, which provides broad professional liability, directors & officers liability, and crime coverage...
NAS Insurance Re-Enters EPLI Market with New Management Liability Policy
Feb 5 2019 // NAS Insurance has re-entered the employment practices liability insurance market with a new three-in-one management liability product for small to mid-size businesses. The new NAS’ Management Liability policy will...
Corporate Culture, Cyber Risk Are Top of Mind for D&O Underwriters
Jan 21 2019 // Transparency and culture awareness were the key takeaways from a panel discussion on top directors and officers’ claims trends that took place at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)...
New Zodiac Insurance D&O Policy Targets Small Global Financial Institutions
Jan 17 2019 // Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd’s independent USA managing general agent subsidiary Zodiac Insurance Services has launched directors and officers (D&O) capacity for the small global financial...
7 Areas of Directors & Officers Liability to Watch in 2019
Jan 8 2019 // Risk management involves looking around the corner to spot future threats. When it comes to director and officer liability, the question is this: What’s on the horizon for directors and officers in 2019? Here are...
Not#YouToo
Jan 7 2019 // How Not to Become Part of the #MeToo Conversation, and Where to Look for Help If You Do Not long ago, if someone asked you if you had heard about Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, you would assume they were working on a...
Casualty Losses Provide Impetus for 2019 Rate Firming: Willis Towers Watson
Nov 7 2018 // Commercial insurance buyers are facing upward pricing pressure across most lines of business in 2019, driven in part by escalating losses in the casualty insurance market, according to a report by Willis Towers Watson. The...
7 Critical Areas Directors and Officers Should Watch in 2019
Nov 5 2018 // Risk management involves looking around the corner to spot future threats. When it comes to director and officer liability, the question is this: What’s on the horizon for directors and officers in 2019? Here are...
15 Emerging Risks from Policies to Playgrounds, Sandboxes to Scooters
Oct 18 2018 // When insurance experts are asked what they see as the most important emerging risk for the property/casualty insurance industry, their consensus is cyber in some form. While cyber obviously poses tremendous risks, some...
15 Emerging Risks Worth Watching That Are Not Cyber
Sep 3 2018 // When insurance experts are asked what they see as the most important emerging risk for the property/casualty insurance industry, their consensus is cyber in some form. While cyber obviously poses tremendous risks, some...
People
Aug 20 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has announced that Lou D’Agostino and his Iron Cove Partners team have joined...
Global Commercial Insurance Prices Rise for 3rd Consecutive Quarter: Marsh
Aug 10 2018 // Global commercial insurance prices rose in the second quarter of 2018, marking the third consecutive quarter of increases, according to Marsh’s “Global Insurance Market Index.” These average increases...
CorPro Underwriting Managers Hires Giuliano as a Senior Underwriter in New York
Aug 8 2018 // CorPro Underwriting Managers has hired Michael Giuliano as a senior underwriter based in New York, N.Y. He specializes in private company and not-for-profit directors and officers (D&O), employment practices liability...
