Boardroom Agenda
Marsh Partners With NYSE Euronext Units On Enhanced D&O Offering
NYSE Euronext companies, Corpedia and Corporate Board Member, have entered into a strategic alliance with Marsh to provide directors and officers with enhanced governance, risk and compliance ...
One-Click Vote Button Vanishing From Proxy Sites; Reaction To SEC Concerns
Pressured by regulators, websites that help collect shareholders' votes have removed a button that set all votes as recommended by boards of directors—a controversial design that seemed to give an ...
Too Much Analysis Primes Whistleblower Suits: Lawyer
If your company uses a detailed analytical process to arrive at projections of growth or earnings, that process may make you particularly vulnerable to shareholder suits when forecasts don't pan out, ...
Directors & Officers Liability Market Firming: Towers Watson Survey
The directors and officers liability market continued to see price increases in 2012, with more private/not-for-profit organizations reporting rate increases than public organizations but, according ...SEC Says Goldman Can’t Leave Chair/CEO Split Proposal Off Proxy
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lost its battle to ignore an investor proposal to strip Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein of his chairman role, according to correspondence posted on the U.S. Securities and ...
Report Questions Insurer Readiness, Attitudes on Climate Change
A report out Thursday that details responses to a climate change survey from insurers doing business in California, Washington and New York shows many insurers are prepared to deal with today's ...
P/C Execs Should Look For Best Fit, Not “Right Answers” From Cat Models
Catastrophe models in the property/casualty insurance sector have been under intense and increasing scrutiny for more than a decade. The 9/11 terrorist attacks, coupled with significant losses from ...Disney Shareholders Reject CEO/Chair Split
Walt Disney Co. shareholders on Wednesday re-elected the company's board, including Chair and Chief Executive Bob Iger, and rejected an investor proposal to separate the roles of chairman and CEO in ...