Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Guy Carp Report Details EU Developments Affecting Insurance
Jun 9 2009 // Guy Carpenter & Company has published the latest installment in its series of updates on key legislative and legal developments impacting insurers and reinsurers in Continental Europe. The briefing addresses the...
Surplus Lines Brokers Report No Change in Capacity; Increase in Submissions
May 28 2009 // Catastrophic events, the economy and changes in reinsurance capacity have the greatest impact on the availability and pricing of specialty lines coverage in 2009, according to professionals in the surplus lines...
Former Owner of Tannery Being Sued Admits Chromium 6 Was Used
May 27 2009 // The former owner of a St. Joseph, Mo., tannery that is being sued over health concerns acknowledged that the plant used a cancer-causing chemical, but he said the tanning process posed no danger to the public. The former...
Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Has Record in Business Cases
May 27 2009 // Sonia Sotomayor, nominated by President Barack Obama for the U.S. Supreme Court, has a lengthy record of rulings in business cases as a federal judge in New York. But legal experts said Sotomayor does not appear to be...
AIU’s New ReBuild Insurance Serves Large Public Works Projects
May 20 2009 // AIU Holdings has introduced ReBuild, a suite of insurance and risk management products for states and municipalities receiving federal stimulus monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for use...
New Day Underwriting’s Heft to Head Real Estate Practice Group
May 6 2009 // Bordentown, New Jersey-based New Day Underwriting has promoted John Heft to the newly created position of director – Real Estate Practice. Heft will lead the group’s focus on providing insurance and risk...
New Jersey Foundry Fined $8M for Safety, Environmental Violations
Apr 28 2009 // A New Jersey company that manufactures cast iron pipe was fined $8 million Friday for dozens of environmental violations and lying about numerous safety violations at its plant along the Delaware River. Atlantic States...
New Suit Filed in Missouri Over Chemical in Farmland Sludge
Apr 24 2009 // Farmers in four northwest Missouri counties may have unwittingly dumped millions of pounds of carcinogen-laced sludge on their fields, which may be linked to a rash of brain tumors in the area, environmental activist Erin...
Freberg, ZCL Target Florida with Underground Storage Tank Insurance
Apr 23 2009 // ZCL Composites Inc., an underground fiberglass tank manufacturer, has partnered with Freberg Environmental Insurance of Denver to offer Prezerver, a non-cancellable, 10-year underground storage tank insurance policy for...
Insurers, Environmental Advocates Urge Changes to Protect U.S. Coastlines
Apr 23 2009 // A coalition of insurers, public officials, risk experts, builders and conservation groups introduced a blueprint of policy changes and common sense actions that could reduce economic losses from future storms and rising...
Lawmakers Seek to Ban Chinese Drywall
Apr 20 2009 // U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson, D.-Fla., and Mary Landrieu, D.-La., have filed federal legislation for a recall and immediate ban on tainted building products from China, as people around the country are reporting problems in...
Declarations
Apr 20 2009 // A Devastating Experience “Losing everything is an unimaginable and devastating experience. … Oklahoma’s professional agents and adjusters are poised to respond.” —Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner...
ACE USA Launches Green Contractors Program
Apr 15 2009 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, launched ACE Green CPLSM , a contractors pollution liability program. The new program will help address the growing risks and potential...
DuPont: West Virginia Court Should Overturn Smelter Case
Apr 10 2009 // Chemical maker DuPont urged the West Virginia Supreme Court to fix what it called mistakes that led to a nearly $400 million verdict against the company by overturning the case. The court can order a new trial or even...
U.S. Lawmakers Seek Ban on Tainted Chinese Drywall
Apr 10 2009 // U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson, D.-Fla., and Mary Landrieu, D.-La., have filed legislation for a recall and immediate ban on tainted building products from China, as more and more people around the country are reporting problems...
Oklahoma Ethics Commission, State Legislator Sued
Mar 31 2009 // A real estate agent has sued the Oklahoma Ethics Commission and a Sand Springs legislator for allegedly “conspiring to cover up graft.” The lawsuit filed on behalf of Tom Hardgrave in Tulsa County District...
Lawsuit by a Father in Indiana Targets Polluters
Mar 27 2009 // Ron Kurth, who grew up in Gary, Ind., and worked in the steel mills, raised his family in the region near the outskirts of Chicago. He always wondered about the smoke and smog that overcast the Lake Michigan...
Innovative Boats Need Innovative Agents
Mar 23 2009 // Hybrid Boats Offer New Way to Sell Coverage to the Green-Minded Customer Hybrid boats are hitting the market and the growing popularity of hybrid and electric boats have directly impacted what boaters expect from their...
California Supreme Court to Review Pollution Liability Insurance Case
Mar 20 2009 // The California Supreme Court has granted review of State of California v. Continental Ins. Co. (2009) 170 Cal.App.4th 160 [Fourth Dist., Div. Two]. In a prior proceeding in federal court, the State of California was...
Marsh Warns EU Environmental Laws Expose UK Firms to Increased Risks
Mar 18 2009 // Marsh has analyzed the possible effects of new European legislation designed to protect the environment. The broker points out that “businesses in the UK will now have to pay for any significant damage that they...
