Boardroom Agenda
Karen Clark Explains The Basic Facts About Hurricanes
The 2013 hurricane season is upon us and with it the usual spate of hurricane predictions. Most forecasts will call for an active, above average season in 2013, due to factors such as warm sea ...
How They Rank: Fitch Reports On Top D&O Insurers
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rates were previously lagging the market recovery in the broader commercial lines segment, but pricing trends are now catching up, Fitch Ratings ...
D&O Pricing Catching Up To Loss Trends: Fitch
Direct written premiums for the directors and officers liability insurance line rose 6.9 percent last year, according to a recent analysis by Fitch Ratings, which also shows that direct loss ratios ...
Social Media & The SEC: New Opportunity and New Risk for Public Companies
It is now over a month since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance in the form of a report of investigation ("April Report") explaining why it decided not to bring an ...
Study Finds Link Between High Upfront Compensation & CEO Success
How much CEOs are compensated is often a subject of angst in the media and among the public. When a company's board of directors hires a new chief executive, it's often perceived that the level of ...
Understanding S&P’s New Insurance Rating Criteria: Rodney Clark Q&A
Late last month—in advance of the May 7, 2013 publication of a new rating methodology for insurers by Standard & Poor's—S&P Managing Director Rodney Clark gave Carrier Management a ...
As in Greenberg Case, New York May Drop Claims Against BofA Over Merrill
Last month, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman withdrew claims for up to $6 billion in damages against former AIG chief Hank Greenberg. Now, another big case - against Bank of America over ...
How To Reverse Declines In Your Management Liability Portfolio
What do you do when your management liability portfolio isn't producing the same rate of return it has in the past? The returns on today's D&O and EPLI policies are diminishing and are actually ...