Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Sides with Polluted Kansas Town Over Big Oil
Sep 25 2008 // After three days of deliberation in one of the longest jury trials ever held in Kansas, a jury in January left residents in a southeast city stunned. The panel had decided that the city of Neodesha was not entitled to...
Willis Introduces EPIQ, for Environmental Risk Assessment
Sep 25 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has introduced EPIQSM (Environmental Prospective Identification and Quantification), which it describes as an “an innovative and proprietary process that generates credible loss distributions...
Marsh Sees Credit Crunch ‘Hardening’ Rates, ‘But Not Just Yet’
Sep 12 2008 // According to a recently released report from Marsh, “insurance rates across most lines of business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region continued to soften in the first half of 2008.” However,...
Conf. Board Urges Tech Transfer to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
Sep 10 2008 // In a new report the Conference Board, a non-profit, business research organization, has concluded “restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are not feasible without significant productivity growth and a...
Willis Re Director Named to UK’s National Environment Research Council
Sep 9 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings announced that Rowan Douglas, managing director of analytics for Willis Re’s International and Specialty divisions, has been appointed to the...
Texas Environmental Case Against 7 Petrochemical Plants Resolved
Aug 27 2008 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced the resolution of the state’s environmental enforcement action against two Lyondell Chemical Company subsidiaries that operated seven petrochemical plants in Houston and...
Thousands of Federally Placed Underground Fuel Tanks Could Leak
Aug 14 2008 // The government owns hundreds of underground fuel tanks — many designed for emergencies back in the Cold War — that need to be inspected for leaks of hazardous substances that could make local water...
Aon Launches ‘Green Building Property Program’
Aug 7 2008 // Aon Corporation has launched the “Aon Green Building Property Program,” which it describes as the “industry’s most comprehensive insurance solution to facilitate environmentally friendly and...
Everest Opens Environmental Office
Aug 6 2008 // Everest Indemnity Insurance Company, a U.S. insurance subsidiary of the Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, has started writing business through its newly opened Environmental Insurance underwriting office located at its...
XL Insurance Offers Specialized Environmental Program
Aug 6 2008 // XL Insurance, XL Capital Ltd’s global insurance operation, has announced the availability of a specialized environmental insurance program that addresses pollution liability and clean-up expenses for US warehouses,...
ACE Europe Names Bartolo to Manchester Environmental Risk Post
Aug 5 2008 // The ACE European group has appointed Emma Bartolo as Environmental Risk Underwriter in Manchester, in a move that enhances its regional specialty lines underwriting capabilities. She “will be responsible for driving...
LIU Creates D&O Coverage to Protect Against Global Warming Litigation
Jul 31 2008 // Liberty International Underwriters, a part of Liberty Mutual Group, has created Private Advantage Company Combo policy to provide broad private company management coverage for directors and officers, employment practices...
New Day Underwriting Promotes Slivka and Farrell
Jul 29 2008 // Bordentown, New Jersey-based New Day Underwriting Managers has promoted Jeffrey Slivka to executive vice president and Timothy Farrell to senior vice president of sales. Slivka, who previously served as senior vice...
Irwin Siegel Offers New Coverages to Fill Gaps in Social Service Programs
Jul 23 2008 // Rock Hill, N.Y.-based Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. (ISA) now offers new coverage options to help fill gaps social service organizations face in their current insurance policies. These additional coverage enhancements include...
Rockhill Insurance Purchases National Environmental Coverage Corp.
Jul 8 2008 // Rockhill Insurance Company announced its recent acquisition of National Environmental Coverage Corporation (NECC), a company that underwrites environmental insurance coverage. The Rockhill Group is a Kansas City-based...
PartnerOne Offers 4 New Environmental Insurance Products
Jul 8 2008 // PartnerOne Environmental — Beacon Hill Associates’ underwriting division — has partnered with ACE Westchester to offer four new environmental insurance products for agents pursuing environmental...
Sustainability Risks Create Challenges for Actuaries
Jul 8 2008 // Sustainability risks are one of the most critical emerging risk areas of the 21st century and actuaries will need to develop mitigation and financing strategies for handling them. “Sustainability risks are going to...
People
Jul 7 2008 // Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. promoted F. Michael Crowley to president and chief operating officer. As president, Crowley has been responsible for HRH’s retail operations. In the...
California Considering Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance
Jul 7 2008 // California’s Department of Insurance as well as state legislators are considering bringing pay-as-you-drive automobile insurance to the state, a system in which automobile insurance premiums would more accurately...
West Virginia Suit Seeks Damages from Builder, Subcontractors
Jun 26 2008 // Ten current and former homeowners in a Charles Town, W.Va. subdivision are suing a builder and subcontractors, claiming the company failed to install functional radon removal systems. In one instance, the homeowners...
