Latest Pollution Headlines

Heat Waves Could Hurt California’s Energy Grid

Sep 19 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

Wisconsin Senate Committee Kills “All Sums” Bill

Sep 19 2005 // A Wisconsin Senate Committee has killed the “all sums” bill, a measure vehemently opposed by the insurance industry. A.B. 222 (Senate Bill 137), was defeated in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Insurance...

Hudson Environmental Insurance Program Available in Most States

Sep 19 2005 // The environmental insurance program of Hudson Programs, an operating division of Hudson Insurance Group in New York, is now available in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia. The program includes coverage for all sizes...

Zurich Adds Environmental Office for New England Region

Sep 13 2005 // Zurich North America Commercial’s unit providing environmental and design professional insurance solutions has opened an office in Boston to serve customers in its New England region. Zurich’s New England...

News Briefs

Sep 5 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Fed Probe Firing of MassMutual CEO: Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual Insurance Comany chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company...

FLOOD PROTECTION RULES HIT:

Sep 5 2005 // Despite three major Delaware River floods in the past 13 months, the Department of Environmental Protection is reneging on promises to revise rules that would make it tougher for developers to build in flood-prone areas,...

ACE USA Makes Appointments in New York, Philly Offices

Aug 26 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced two appointments in its ACE Casualty Risk Unit. William Hazelton joins ACE USA as senior vice president and underwriting manager...

Integro Hires Three from Marsh for San Francisco Office

Aug 26 2005 // New York-based Integro Ltd. has announced it has hired three former Marsh senior vice presidents for its San Francisco office. Charles F. Shay Jr. will serve as Managing Principal, Management Risk Solutions; Tim Candy will...

Pollution Costs Conn. Firm $27.8 Million

Aug 24 2005 // A Connecticut-based company that contaminated California’s San Gabriel Valley groundwater with its metal cleaning and degreasing procedures has agreed to spend $27.8 million on environmental projects and penalties in...

Aug 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. recently announced the promotion of six staff members at the statewide trade association, effective Aug.1. IIABNY, which represents more than 18,000...

People

Aug 22 2005 // The National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) during its 2005 summer conference elected Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Scott Brener president. With members from more than 30 U.S....

Oilfield Safety a Concern as Energy Demands Rise

Aug 15 2005 // The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Permian Basin Chapter in Midland, Texas, announced it is teaming up with local U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials and the Texas...

U.S. Firms Prevail as Court Denies British Insurer’s Scheme to Curtail Liabilities Yet Remain Solvent

Jul 22 2005 // London insurance companies facing asbestos, pollution and other long-tail liabilities to U.S. policyholders that resort to so-called “solvent schemes” to cut off claims and avoid liquidation have been dealt a...

Aon Names Cullen as Director of Environmental Practice

Jul 11 2005 // Aon Corporation announced that Peggy Cullen has joined the company’s environmental practice as director of syndication. Cullen will oversee Aon’s nationwide team of environmental risk experts in the management...

Jerry Blais

Jul 4 2005 // Tom Ellis Zurich North America appointed Jerry Blais to a newly created executive position as head of Zurich’s South Central region. Headquartered in Dallas, the region consists of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and...

Wis. Assembly Passes Bill to Pin Insurers With $500 Million Fox River Cleanup Tab

Jun 29 2005 // A coalition of carriers that insured Wisconsin’s paper manufacturers thought they had successfully defeated a legislative effort to force them to pick up the estimated $500 million tab to clean up the polluted Fox...

Squyres Joins New Day Underwriting Managers as VP

Jun 21 2005 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental and construction-related professional liability resource for insurance agents and brokers, announced the appointment of Timothy Squyres as vice president. Based in...

Insurers Dodge $500 Million Fox River Cleanup Tab-For Now

Jun 20 2005 // A coalition of carriers that insured Wisconsin’s paper manufacturers have, for now, successfully defeated a legislative effort that would have forced them to pick up the estimated $500 million tab to clean up the...

California Legislative Round Up

Jun 20 2005 // The following is an update on some of the key property/casualty insurance-related bills pending in the California Assembly and Senate. Measures that garner approval will be considered next in the second house. Measures...

California Legislative Round Up

Jun 20 2005 // The following is an update on some of the key property/casualty insurance-related bills pending in the California Assembly and Senate. Measures that garner approval will be considered next in the second house. Measures...