professional liability and D&O News

Taking Stock of D&O Insurance Market: Capacity, Coverage and Culpability

The directors and officers (D&O) liability marketplace continues to find softening rates and intense competition especially in excess layers, according to industry executives. The industry is also seeing a continuing trend of broader coverages, cyber risk emerging as a management …

CapSpecialty Adds D&O, EPL Product to Insurance Company Coverage Offerings

CapSpecialty has launched a new insurance company directors & officers/employment practices liability (D&O/EPL) product issued by Capitol Specialty Insurance Corp. Insurance company D&O/EPL is a specialty product expressly designed for small and mid-sized insurance companies, offering wholesale brokers an additional …

Torus CEO Dermot O’Donohoe on the Insurer’s Future Prospects

When Torus Insurance was founded by first Reserve, headed by Clive Tobin in 2008, the worst effects of the financial crisis were just beginning to bite, but they bit pretty hard. The company, although well run, and successful in some …