Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. AG Sues Poultry Companies
Jun 14 2005 // Citing the protection of Oklahoma lakes and streams, drinking water and public health, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced his office has filed a lawsuit against several out-of-state poultry companies for...
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May 23 2005 // Atlanta-based NBIS appointed Joseph Savarese as senior vice president of underwriting. He will focus on the company’s eastern and western U.S. presence, working to establish a network of insurance agents and brokers...
Slivka, Farrell Join New Day Underwriters in N.J.
May 5 2005 // Jeffrey Slivka and Timothy Farrell have joined New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental insurance wholesale firm, based in Bordentown, N.J. Slivka joins New Day Underwriting as senior vice president of...
Fire Marshal Says Conn. Mill Fire Likely Set
Apr 29 2005 // A blaze that destroyed the vacant InterRoyal Mill complex in Plainfiled, Conn. on April 26 appears to have been set by someone, town Fire Marshal Paul Yellen said. Yellen said it was too early to know whether the fire was...
Rainy Season Produces Sinkholes in Pittsburgh Area
Apr 11 2005 // Months of record-setting rains that caused an abandoned coal mine to burst forth with more than 200 million gallons of water are now causing a rash of mine-related sinkholes in southwestern Pennsylvania. Four sinkholes...
Industry Veteran Lejfer Opens Environmental Wholesaler
Apr 6 2005 // Jefferey S. Lejfer is opening the doors of New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a new environmental insurance wholesale firm. The company, based in Bordentown, N.J., will assist brokers and their clients find appropriate...
Got Mold? Survey Assesses Consumer Concerns About Mold in the Home
Apr 4 2005 // First there was radon, then carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds. Now the latest home invader is mold and, in a national survey released by CertainTeed Corporation and conducted for them by Opinion Research...
Leavitt Sells Interest in Leavitt Group
Mar 22 2005 // Motivated by federal ethical standards, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has divested his interests in two Utah-based, family owned corporations. Because his agency oversees the insurance and animal health...
Got Mold? Survey Says Consumer Concern Increases Regarding Mold in the Home
Mar 16 2005 // First there was radon, then carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds. Now the latest home invader is mold and, in a national survey released by CertainTeed Corporation and conducted for them by Opinion Research...
Researchers Find Dust to be Primary Lead Poisoning Source; Develop New Tests for Children
Mar 4 2005 // Wind blown lead-enriched dust appears to be the primary cause of lead poisoning in children living in cities, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Xavier...
Liberty Mutual Group Sees Net Income Rise
Mar 2 2005 // Liberty Mutual Group reported net income of $565 million and $1.245 billion for the three and 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2004, respectively, representing a $130 million and $394 million increase over the same periods in...
ACE USA Unveils Online Platform for Contractors Pollution Liability Coverage
Mar 1 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that its ACE Environmental Risk unit has launched a web-based underwriting facility that enables brokers to access Contractors...
Ind. Jury Says PSI Not Entitled to Insurance Recovery
Feb 24 2005 // A Hendricks County (Indiana) jury returned a verdict this week finding that Cinergy Corp. subsidiary PSI Energy Inc. was not entitled to any insurance recovery from its London Market Insurers for the costs incurred as a...
Allstate, AIG, Chubb, St. Paul/Travelers Ask Pa. Commissioner to Examine ACE Brandywine Sale
Feb 21 2005 // The law firm representing Allstate Insurance Company, American International Group Inc., Chubb & Son, and St. Paul Travelers has filed a demand, addressed to Diane Koken head of the Pennsylvania Department of...
Some California Doctors Leaving Workers’ Comp System
Feb 21 2005 // Francis Pecoraro is trading a San Francisco Bay area medical practice that mainly serves injured workers for one in Wilmington, N.C., that he believes will be friendlier to doctors and doctors’ families. Pecoraro,...
Kyoto Protocol Comes into Force; Debate on Global Warming Continues
Feb 17 2005 // The “Kyoto Protocol” or Treaty, a global agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gasses, has come into force seven years after it was established. So far 141 countries, accounting for 55 percent of greenhouse...
Some California Doctors Leaving Workers’ Comp System
Feb 8 2005 // Francis Pecoraro is trading a San Francisco Bay area medical practice that mainly serves injured workers for one in Wilmington, N.C., that he believes will be friendlier to doctors and doctors’ families. Pecoraro,...
General Liability
Feb 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: AIG Environmental, a division of the property/casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), enhanced its environmental and general liability exposures program,...
Insurers Agree to $93M Settlement over Hazardous Waste Site in California
Feb 4 2005 // California has won a $93 million settlement with 16 insurance companies over cleanup costs at a notorious hazardous waste site. Lloyd’s of London, one of the state’s major insurers, will pay $49 million of the...
HHS Secretary Must Divest Holdings in Leavitt Group
Feb 3 2005 // To avoid any conflict of interest in his new job at U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt will divest more than $5 million of stock in his family’s insurance business. The Leavitt...
