Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Liberty International to Buy Quanta’s Environmental Liability Renewals
May 26 2006 // Liberty International Underwriters, a division of Liberty Mutual Group,- has reached an agreement to acquire the renewal rights to Quanta U.S. Holdings Inc.’s environmental liability business. Terms of the...
Understanding buyers is key to writing farmowners policies
May 22 2006 // If you’ve been writing agricultural and farm insurance for years and think you know everything there is to know about the business, don’t bet the farm. Farm exposures have changed dramatically in the past 50...
Feeding the farmowners business
May 22 2006 // If you’ve been writing agricultural and farm insurance for years and think you know everything there is to know about the business, don’t bet the farm. Farm exposures have changed dramatically in the past 50...
Environmental Impairment Liability Product Expanded
May 18 2006 // American Safety Insurance Services Inc. of Atlanta has expanded its environmental impairment liability product to provide more coverage. It has changed its Site Pollution Impairment Legal Liability product to include...
AIG Adopts Policy on Climate Change
May 17 2006 // American International Group has joined the ranks of major insurers committed to doing something about the increased risks the industry faces due to climate change. In a newly issued statement, the company said it...
Freberg Environmental Offers Employment Practices Liability for Environmental Business
May 16 2006 // Environmental insurance program manager, Freberg Environmental Inc. (FEI), based in Denver, announced the availability of employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) on all classes of business currently underwritten by...
EEA Report Says ‘Tackling Climate Change’ Will Save Lives, $15 Billion
May 15 2006 // A brief status report from the European Environment Agency (EEA)notes that “tackling climate change will improve Europe’s air quality, cut premature deaths and could save €12 billion [$15.4 billion] annually...
Insurance Department Deputy Director Honored by Ohio University
May 10 2006 // Ohio Department of Insurance Deputy Director Holly Saelens recently was recognized at the Ohio University (OU) State Government Alumni Luncheon at The Athletic Club of Columbus for her outstanding achievements in public...
READY, SET………..RECALL!!!
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For large and small consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost...
Ready, Set … Recall!!!
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost millions of...
Ready, set … recall
May 8 2006 // Product recalls pose financial, logistical and communication challenges Part 1 of a two-part series on Product Recall. Protecting consumers is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is whether it can be...
READY, SET..RECALL!!!
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For large and small consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost...
READY, SET … RECALL!!!
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost millions of...
Ready, set … recall
May 8 2006 // Part 1 of a two-part series on Product Recall. Protecting consumers is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is whether it can be done without crippling the business. For large and small consumer goods...
Ark. Seeks to Intervene in Okla. Poultry Lawsuit
May 3 2006 // Ark. Attorney General Mike has asked an Oklahoma court to allow his office to represent the people and sovereign interests of the State of Arkansas in the lawsuit filed by Oklahoma against Arkansas poultry companies. If...
Munich Re Helps UN Launch ‘Principles for Responsible Investment’
May 1 2006 // Munich Re was one of a number of large investment groups who became original signatories for the United Nations “Principles for Responsible Investment,” launched last week by UN Secretary General Kofi...
Cancer Rate Linked to Former Mass. Textile Site Where Kids Played
Apr 28 2006 // Massachusetts health officials trying to resolve a decades-old mystery about a cluster of cancer cases in Ashland have concluded that the illnesses are linked to a former textile dye-making plant with waste ponds that some...
OSHA, Safety Engineers Team Up to Highlight Job Safety
Apr 27 2006 // In an ongoing effort to increase public awareness on the importance of workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will kick-off the annual...
CLOSER LOOK: Agribusiness
Apr 17 2006 // Farmers are adding agritainment or agro-tourism to their operations, such as using the farm for haunted houses, corn mazes, cider mills, vineyards with wine festivals and restaurants, craft shops and hay rides, among other...
New law pushed by agents may hamper Nevada mining watchdog group
Apr 17 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
