Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Take the pollution out of the D&O policy
Jul 24 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // The virtual, global economy humbles insurance leaders Insurance professionals have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to be worried. She...
Natural deposits of asbestos found in at least 20 states
Jul 24 2006 // Most people hear the word asbestos and think of home insulation, deteriorating ceiling tiles, or scuffed flooring. Few realize the soil in their yard, school athletic field, or neighborhood park might be tainted with the...
ACE USA Realigns Construction Industry Practice
Jul 19 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced that its Construction Industry Practice, formerly part of ACE Risk Management, will now become a unit of ACE Casualty Risk, and...
Breitstone & Co. Environmental Risk Team Join Aon
Jul 13 2006 // Aon has appointed Peter Breitstone as managing principal and chief executive officer of Aon’s Environmental Services Group. Also joining Aon are environmental industry veterans Ken Ayers, Greg Schilz, Rod Taylor,...
Natural Deposits of Asbestos Found in at Least 20 States
Jul 10 2006 // Most people hear the word asbestos and think of home insulation, deteriorating ceiling tiles, or scuffed flooring. What few realize is that the soil in their yard, school athletic field, or neighborhood park might be...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // The virtual, global economy challenges, humbles insurance leaders Insurance agents and executives have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to...
Appeals Court rules insurer’s indemnity obligation is joint and several
Jul 3 2006 // The Court of Appeals of Oregon has decided that an insurance company’s indemnity obligation to its policyholders is joint and several, not pro-rata, in environmental liability insurance coverage case. In Cacade Corp....
Editor’s Note: Cyber storms
Jul 3 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // Appeals Court rules insurer’s indemnity obligation is joint and several The Court of Appeals of Oregon has decided that an insurance company’s indemnity obligation to its policyholders is joint and several, not...
The virtual, global economy challenges, humbles insurance leaders
Jul 3 2006 // Insurance agents and executives have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to be worried. She says there are a lot of unfamiliar risks ahead...
Trident Rolls Out Environmental Impairment Liability Product
Jun 29 2006 // Trident Insurance Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc., introduced an environmental impairment liability product for public entities, public schools and public and private water...
Supreme Court to Hear States’ Case Against EPA Over Climate Change
Jun 28 2006 // Running for president, George W. Bush said he was ready to regulate carbon dioxide. But in early 2001, shortly after taking office, he changed his mind. It would be too expensive to force reductions of the leading...
ACE Enhances U.K. Environmental Coverage Package
Jun 23 2006 // ACE European Group announced that it is offering an extensive and affordable environmental liability cover specifically for smaller and mid-sized private and corporate businesses, as part of its existing liability and...
Editor’s Note: Cyber storms
Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
Editor’s Note: Cyber storms
Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
It’s not easy being green
Jun 5 2006 // “It’s not easy being green.” — Kermit the Frog The environment and going “green” has been the editorial focus of a slew of consumer publications from Time to Vanity Fair recently....
Editor’s Note: It’s not easy being green
Jun 5 2006 // The environment and going “green” has been the editorial focus of a slew of consumer publications from Time to Vanity Fair recently. I’ve had a constant reminder for several years, since my husband works...
Heat treatment method offers options for relief efforts on coast
Jun 5 2006 // For insurers facing extraordinary exposure from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and unmatched losses beyond any other natural disasters in U.S. history, the bad news continues. Serious mold contamination is now threatening...
Willis Re to Collaborate with Accurate Environmental Forecasting
Jun 2 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has concluded “an exclusive reinsurance intermediary relationship with Accurate Environmental Forecasting, a provider of numerical weather prediction...
