E&O/D&O COVERAGES AND TRENDS WEBB HUBBELL,CRM,CWCA VICE-PRESIDENT AND COUNSEL THE MCLAUGHLIN COMPANY WASHINGTON,DC
THIS BUSINESS IS CYCLICAL UNDERWRITING -- SOFT MARKET 1991-EARLY PRESENT LOTS OF CAPACITY
THIS BUSINESS IS CYCLICAL UNDERWRTING -- HARD MARKET ?
WHAT HAS UNDERWRITERS NERVOUS? GLOBAL WARMING PROPERTY LOSSES CLAIMS AGAINST CONTRIBUTORS CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS INVESTOR CLAIMS
WHAT HAS UNDERWRITERS NERVOUS? SUBPRIME CRISIS RISING DELINQUENCIES MORE THAN 50 MORTGAGE LENDERS BANKRUPT INSURANCE COMPANY AND PENSION PLAN EXPOSURE LAWSUITS AGAINST COMPANIES THAT INVESTED LAWSUITS AGAINST ORIGINATORS
WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU NERVOUS CYBERISK Failure of your network security Failure to protect or wrongful disclosure of private or confidential information Failure to protect Personally Identifiable Information from misappropriation Violation of any federal, state or local privacy statute alleged in connection with failure to protect private information.
WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU NERVOUS FIDUCIARY LIABILITY Ohio WC Fund Problems San Diego By one estimate, state and local governments owe their current and future retirees roughly $375 billion more than they have committed to their pension funds. Barclays Global Investments has calculated that if America’s state pension plans were required to use the same methods as corporations, the total value of the benefits they have promised would grow 22 percent, to $2.5 trillion. Only $1.7 trillion has been set aside to pay those
WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU NERVOUS IMMUNITY Emergency Immunity
WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU NERVOUS THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS
WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU NERVOUS EMPLOYMENT RELATED PRACTICES Three of five businesses will be sued this year by an employee or a former employee over an employment practice Employment practices suits account for 20% of all Federal Court filings 56% of all employment practice filings going to trial result in a verdict for the plaintiff employee The average jury award is S , with 15% exceeding $1 million 33% of wrongful termination verdicts have punitive damages equal to or exceeding compensatory damage.
WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU NERVOUS MEDIA LIABILITY BLOGS Newsletters Websites Trademark and Copyright
WHAT SHOULD MAKE YOU NERVOUS KIDNAP AND RANSOM Foreign Travel Attacks
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS D&O COVERAGE ISSUES Appendix
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS ERM/RM CRM RIMS
AFFIRMATIVE STEPS CONTRACT REVIEW Lawyers versus Insurance Consultants
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