Second Annual Bank Director Board Performance Awards

If there’s a common complaint we hear from our director readers—and it’s a complaint that regularly shows up in our annual “What Directors Think” survey of corporate directors—it is that bank directors too infrequently talk about bank strategy. Too much time, they tell us, is taken up with looking at the financials, reviewing the nonperforming […]

Recently I was asked to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to address the development of new Basel capital accords. Though at the beginning I admitted to the committee I was a bit rusty at testifying, I gave it my best and told them what I thought about the […]

Attract the right kind of shareholders, and avoid the wrong kind

  What’s Ahead for the D&O Market Banks have enjoyed a softer market for director and officers liability insurance recently, however the better times may be fleeting. After several years of a hard market for D&O insurance purchases following 9/11, banks lately at their annual renewal periods have been delighted to find lower or flat […]

What can go wrong with your D&O policy and what you can do about it.

How to best use financial management to fully capitalize on the bank’s operating performance.