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- Transactional And Securities Update: Directors' And Officers' Liability Insurance - A Changing Landscape
- As a result of the events at Enron, WorldCom and other companies, recent financial restatements and allegations of financial misreporting, increased responsibilities for directors and officers as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and a rise in securities litigation, directors' and officers' ("D&O") liability coverage is more important than ever,...
- White papers 2003-02-05
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- D&O Coverage In The Post-Enron World
- Recent high profile troubles for corporations not only raise interesting coverage questions under D&O policies; they are raising the stakes for obtaining D&O insurance policies for corporations. Premiums are higher, deductibles are higher, and fewer items are covered under many policies being written today. Some insurance companies are no longer...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- D&O Insurance: Will It Be Available After a Chapter 11 Filing?
- D&O Insurance is a complicated product that requires close scrutiny. Directors and officers should actively participate in the purchase and negotiation of a policy, especially as a company approaches insolvency. Directors and officers are best protected by a policy which exclusively provides coverage to them without any coverage for the...
- White papers 2002-12-11
- Don't Get Caught Out Without Enough D&O Coverage
- This paper explores the midsize companies, as they used to be able to get away with just tacking a little D&O liability coverage onto their employment practices liability. Not any more. Before Sarbanes-Oxley changed the rules of civilized corporate behavior, many companies in the middle tiers of commerce and industry...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Aetna extends D&O coverage to insiders. (directors' and officers' liability)
- Aetna Extends D&O Coverage To Insiders Responding to increasing corporate vulnerability in mergers and takeovers, Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. has announced that it will extend a simplified directors' and officers' liability policy to protect aAetna Extends D&O Coverage To Insiders ...
- Research articles 1989-08-21
- Fidelity and deposit enhances D&O for financial institutions
- The Fidelity and Deposit Company has begun offering an enhanced directors and officers (D&O) coverage, D&O SelectPlus, offering broader, more flexible coverage to meet the specialized needs of financial institution customers. This updated product features:
- Research articles 2001-02-01
- Have You Optimized Your D&O Coverage?
- The plight of the star-studded Boards of Directors of Enron, Worldcom, HealthSouth, Tyco and many other companies caught in crosshairs of the federal and state prosecutors, and the organized plaintiffs' lawyers, have elevated the consciousness of companies and corporate board members. The typical D&O policy covers directors and officers for...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- D&O Reinsurance Pricing- A Financial Market Approach
- The large number of high severity D&O losses of the past few years has affected the D&O market place creating a serious capacity crunch. The pricing of this line of business has increased dramatically while restricting coverage. This paper presents an objective methodology based on financial market theory to quantify...
- White papers 2005-02-09
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Changing Landscape of D&O Insurance Coverage
- This article discusses that in response to some of accounting scandals Congress has enacted sweeping changes in the federal law designed to protect against further financial statement improprieties. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act signals a new era in corporate governance. Directors and officers, and especially Audit Committee members, will be under unprecedented...
- White papers 2002-10-05
- Solving Uncertainties Raised by D&O: "Entity Coverage" and Bankruptcy
- Some dotcoms presently face the specter of filing for bankruptcy or liquidating their assets. Those that file for bankruptcy likely will be unable to honor their obligations to indemnify their officers and directors from liabilities. Those officers and directors will rely upon existing D&O policies to protect them from potential...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- D&O Liability: The Old Ball And Chain
- The liability attached to board service never seems to disappear. The article here takes a look at D&O policy trends and the newest risks for directors, along with some advice on how to keep one covered. Boards looking to manage the increasing complexity of D&O liability issues should recognize that...
- White papers 2000-07-01
- All Aboard! Accused Fraudster Allen Stanford Rides the D&O Train, Courtesy of Lloyd's
- It's never a good sign for the prosecution when the judge starts weeping for the defendant. But the case of R. Allen Stanford, who stands accused of masterminding a $7 billion investor-fraud scheme, could fare even worse for the insurance industry. Insurers such as Chubb, Ace and...
- Blog posts 2009-10-10
- D&O Insurers Offer Less for More
- The real driver of premiums is the rise in sky-high securities class-action settlements. Insurers are introducing new policy language that guts many D&O protections and could cost companies millions. Many insurers are demanding that clients agree to co-insurance, which requires the company to pay a portion of the entire cost...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- New Regulations' Impact on D&O Insurance
- This article tells us how the terms of D&O Policy have been tightened. While it is too soon to know how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will ultimately affect the potential liabilities of directors and officers, the new regulations have had an immediate impact on the underwriting process for director...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Court says insurer can rescind Cutter & Buck D&O coverage; Wording of severability clause allows full recision: Judge.(News)
- Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SEATTLE-A directors and officers liability policy's severability provision does not prevent Genesis Insurance Co. from rescinding coverage for Cutter & Buck Inc. and all of its directors and officers, a federal judge ruled. The Feb. 11 decision stems...
- Research articles 2004-02-23
- D&O Liability Insurance: A Complicated Risk
- Directors and Officers liability, commonly known as D&O, is a complicated type of risk. While it covers corporate activities, a corporation is a legal person, as are the directors and officers (D's&O's) who direct it. All of them can be charged with liability for ever-increasing panoply of actions and in-actions....
- White papers 2001-11-05
- D&O Liability: Executives Bear the Weight of Success or Failure
- Directors and Officers liability, commonly known as D&O, is a complicated type of risk. While it covers corporate activities, a corporation is a legal person, as are the directors and officers (D's&O's) who direct it. Both the corporation and the D's & O's need insurance protection, but in cases where...
- White papers 2001-11-12
- D&O at a Crossroads
- The Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance market is in transition, which is both good news and bad news for businesses. The good news is that premium increases have leveled off this year. Some companies have been able to purchase broader coverage with less-restrictive terms than those they've had to...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Bank Director`S 2001 D&O Liability Report
- Here is an overview of the major risk areas and how board members can manage them, along with the latest data on D&O claims, premiums, and coverage. For directors who bear overall responsibility for setting the policies that guide their institutions through good times and bad, the liability that can...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- More Bargaining Room for D&O Insurance
- After years of nightmarish increases, the price of Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance softened in the third quarter of 2004 and continued to drift down through the fourth quarter. Premiums stabilized this year and may head up again in 2006. But in the meantime, CFOs have an opportunity to field...
- White papers 2005-12-01
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