Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
Society of Environmental Professionals Forum Set for Nov. 29-30
Nov 18 2003 // The Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals Forum will be held in Atlanta Nov. 29-30. For further information, contact (877) 735-0800 or log onto: www.armr.net
New Swiss Re Publication Looks at Question: Is Ecological Damage Insurable’
Nov 12 2003 // Legislative initiatives within the European Union, as well as at the United Nations, the European Parliament and various countries reportedly are currently aimed at introducing a liability regime for dealing with...
Society of Environmental Professionals Forum Meets Nov. 29-30
Nov 7 2003 // The Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals Forum will take place Nov. 29-30 in Atlanta. For more information on registering and attending, call (877) 735-0800 or visit www.armr.net
Speare & Company Entertains a Successful Business Approach
Nov 3 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Calif.-based Speare & Company, which offers property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage services and risk management solutions to a wide variety...
Healthcare Environmental Liability
Nov 3 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Helix Insurance has a market available for healthcare environmental liability. Dollars: $1 million per claim/$5 million Agg. Deductibles of $0 physician groups/$5,000 institutions. Minimum premium of...
Don Friedman Elected Plan President
Nov 3 2003 // Donald A. Friedman has been named president of the Professional Liability Agents Network (PLAN). PLAN is a national nonprofit organization of insurance agencies specializing in risk management and loss prevention programs...
Several Oregon P/C Insurance Measures Signed Into Law
Oct 20 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
ACE Casualty Risk Unveils ACE TankSafe for Web-Based Underwriting of Underground Storage Tank Policies
Oct 15 2003 // ACE Casualty Risk, a division of ACE USA, announced the launch of ACE TankSafe(SM), a web-based underwriting facility that enables contracted brokers to conduct automated underwriting transactions from submission to...
Several Oregon P/C Insurance Measures Signed Into Law
Oct 14 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
Healthcare Environmental Liability
Oct 6 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Helix Insurance has a market available for healthcare environmental liability. Dollars: $1 million per claim/$5 million Agg. Deductibles of $0 physician groups/$5,000 institutions. Minimum premium of...
The Resurrection of Environmental Coverages
Sep 22 2003 // As insurers are confronted with increased pressures from claims involving asbestos, mold, and directors and officers’ policies, little attention is paid to the decreasing number of traditional environmental...
Credit, Environmental Liability Tops Ore. Issues in 2003 Session
Aug 1 2003 // As the legislative session continues to roll forward in Oregon, Senate bills that would unfairly expand environmental insurance coverage and restrict insurers’ use of credit information are stirring controversy,...
A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Transmonde Services Co.
Jul 25 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned an initial financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) to Transmonde Services Insurance Company Ltd., Bermuda. The outlook is stable. The rating reflects the company’s strong level of...
London Insurers Win Seattle Pollution Trial
Jul 8 2003 // Lloyd’s Underwriters and other London Market Insurers announced that a Seattle jury had found in their favor after a three week trial in their dispute with Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (“PSE”), a large gas...
Working with Blowouts, Knock-for-Knocks and Other Oil Patch Oddities
Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...
Working with Blowouts, Knock-for-Knocks and Other Oil Patch Oddities
Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...
NAII Says N.Y. Mold Study Bill
May 22 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a statement indicating that proposed legislation in New York that would require the Department of Health to conduct a comprehensive study on the health risks of...
EU Parliament Passes “Polluter Pays” Directive
May 15 2003 // The European Union Parliament in Strasbourg has passed what could be a far reaching directive, mandating that whoever causes environmental pollution will be responsible for the costs of cleaning it up. Part of the proposed...
