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With more experts putting numbers to the possible insurance liability impact of the subprime mortgage crisis last month, the figures are starting to mount, with estimates ranging from $3 billion to

The most prominent myth is that privately owned companies don't need D&O coverage--and a number of them believe this. Buyers are convinced that only public companies need D&O insurance to protect the f

Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving's 1820 tale attributed to old Diedrich Knickerbocker, tells of a rather lazy New York Dutchman named Rip who resided in the Catskills.

A recent decline in stockholder class-action suits is more likely due to a 1995 litigation reform measure than financial and accounting requirements of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the drafter of the

WASHINGTON--A recent decline in stockholder class action suits is more likely due to a 1995 litigation reform measure than financial and accounting requirements of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the draf

After I was asked to speak about lawyers professional liability insurance, I tried to see if I could identify a carrier that for the last 20 years continuously has underwritten this class of business successfully--and I couldn't.

WASHINGTON--Sarbanes-Oxley regulations have caused companies to take a more risk-averse track, focusing on building their cash reserves rather than developing new products, according to a professor at

BOSTON--An operation's focus on ethics is of critical importance in an era of increased disclosure requirements and corporate scrutiny after Enron and other scandals, an expert advised public sector ri