Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
AIA Applauds La. Clarification Regarding Absolute Pollution Exclusions
Feb 6 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance’s recent clarification how insurers may use absolute pollution exclusions on commercial lines policies, is expected to ease industry concerns over the application of previously...
Zurich North America Environmental Makes Deal to Purchase Renewal Rights for Kemper’s ECB
Jan 15 2003 // Zurich North America Environmental has come to an agreement-in-principle to acquire renewal rights to the existing policies of the Kemper Insurance Companies environmental casualty book of business. “We are confident...
Hazardous Materials
Jan 13 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Target Environmental Insurance offers a new program providing commercial auto, general liability and environmental impaired liability for transporters of hazardous materials. Dollars: Target...
Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Announces Merger with Freberg Group
Dec 23 2002 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company, the world’s tenth largest insurance intermediary, announced that it has signed definitive merger agreements with the Freberg group of companies (Freberg), expected to be effective...
Environmental Consultants/ Contractors
Dec 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Professional Insurance Resources of Dallas has a new market available for Professional and General Liability for environmental consultants and contractors. Endorsements include waiver from subrogation...
8 is Enough – Programs That Caught Our Eye
Dec 16 2002 // For this end-of-the year edition of Insurance Journal, we looked at some unique or interesting programs and found eight that grabbed our attention. Obviously they do not represent a comprehensive list, which is admittedly...
8 is Enough – Programs That Caught Our Eye
Dec 16 2002 // For this end-of-the year edition of Insurance Journal, we looked at some unique or interesting programs and found eight that grabbed our attention. Obviously they do not represent a comprehensive list, which is admittedly...
ACE Casualty Risk Enters Environmental Risk Market
Dec 4 2002 // ACE Casualty Risk is entering the environmental risk market resulting in the creation of a new unit, ACE Environmental Risk. The new environmental and casualty underwriting unit will offer environmental liability products...
Holly Saelens Appointed Interim Director of Ohio Insurance Department
Dec 4 2002 // Ohio Governor Bob Taft announced the appointment of Holly Saelens as interim director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, following the resignation of former director Lee Covington, which was effective November...
A.M. Best: A&E Losses Increase in 2001, Reversing Two-Year Decline
Nov 11 2002 // The property/casualty industry is expected to ultimately incur more than $121 billion in net asbestos and environmental losses, according to the special report, “Largest Increase in A&E Losses to Date Seen in...
A&E LOSSES RISE IN 2001
Nov 11 2002 // A special report recently released by A.M. Best Co., “Largest Increase in A&E Losses to Date Seen in 2001,” suggests that the property/casualty industry will ultimately incur more than $121 billion in net...
Frank Crystal & Co. Names Persha to Head Environmental Unit
Nov 6 2002 // Frank Crystal & Company has appointed Dan Persha to head up its new Environmental Risk Management Practice, based in Houston, Texas. Persha brings over 23 years of insurance and risk management experience, and has...
A.M. Best: A&E Losses Increase in 2001, Reversing Two-Year Decline
Nov 4 2002 // The property/casualty industry is expected to ultimately incur more than $121 billion in net asbestos and environmental losses, according to the special report, “Largest Increase in A&E Losses to Date Seen in...
ACE Casualty Risk Part of Environmental Risk Market, Forms New Unit
Oct 7 2002 // ACE Casualty Risk is entering the environmental risk market resulting in the creation of a new unit, ACE Environmental Risk. The new environmental and casualty underwriting unit will offer environmental liability products...
Environmental Risk Resources Ass’n. to Hold Conferences on Mold and Environment
Oct 1 2002 // The Environmental Risk Resources Association (ERRA) will hold an Educational Event on October 9 to examine the risks connected with mold coverage and a second seminar on environmental risks on October 10. Both events are...
Environmental-Res. Fuel Oil Tank
Sep 14 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Zurich North America’s Environmental Group has launched its Home Environmental Protection program, which protects homeowners with residential fuel oil tanks. The coverage complements traditional...
Fixed-Cost Environmental
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: XL Environmental Inc. is offering its fixed-cost environmental remediation policy on a surplus basis. Dollars: Limits are typically twice the projected cost of cleanup. For XL’s environmental...
Argonaut Great Central President To Head Environmental Response Trust Fund
Aug 6 2002 // Illinois Governor Jim Ryan appointed John Polak, president /CEO of Argonaut Great Central Insurance Company as chairman of the Illinois Dry-Cleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund for a term of three years. The fund was...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
