Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
HAZARDS OF WASTE
Jun 11 2001 // Legislation recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives that would provide Superfund liability protection for small businesses that disposed of municipal solid waste before April 1, 2001. According to Julie...
Riddell Named President of International Environmental Risk Underwriters
Jun 5 2001 // International Risk Group announced today that Connie Riddell, has joined the company as president of Colorado-based International Environmental Risk Underwriters. Riddell was formerly a principal in Bichon Group LLC, and...
General Mills Makes Partial Settlement in Oats Handling Case
Jun 1 2001 // General Mills reached a partial settlement with several global companies which took part in the reinsurance of a property policy covering a 1994 oats handling case. General Mills plans to record this partial settlement,...
Legislation to Protect Small Businesses from Hazardous Liability Litigation Passed
May 30 2001 // Legislation that would provide Superfund liability protection for small-businesses that disposed of municipal solid waste before April 1, 2001 recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Julie...
A.M. Best Report: Asbestos Claims Surge Set to Dampen Earnings
May 21 2001 // The property/casualty industry may be facing a surge in asbestos claims that could cumulatively cost the industry as much as $65 billion. This new estimate of ultimate asbestos-related losses is nearly two-thirds higher...
Senate Passes Brownfields Environmental Act
Apr 27 2001 // The Senate unanimously passed the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 by a vote of 99 to 0. The American Insurance Association (AIA) called the bill (S 350) good for cities, people,...
Illinois Environmental Services Workers Comp Trust Liquidated
Mar 28 2001 // Illinois Environmental Services Workers Comp Trust Liquidated The Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. has granted Illinois Insurance Director Nat Shapo’s petition to place the Illinois Environmental Services Workers...
Woodruff-Sawyer and Frenkel Form ‘Environmental’ Alliance
Mar 26 2001 // In an effort to provide environmental risk management services to Bay Area construction, technology, real estate and other commercial clients, San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. and New York-based Frenkel...
Agent Commission on Insanity is Nuts
Mar 5 2001 // “How’s business?” “Don’t ask.” “What’s wrong?” “You’ve heard of underwriting?” “I’m familiar with the concept.” “Well,...
“Fleming Fix” Bill Headed to Oregon Senate
Mar 2 2001 // The Oregon Senate Business, Labor and Economic Development Committee has moved a bill designed to correct a controversial state Supreme Court ruling on pollution exclusions to the Senate floor with a “do pass”...
Agent Commission on Insanity is Nuts
Feb 26 2001 // “How’s business?” “Don’t ask.” “What’s wrong?” “You’ve heard of underwriting?” “I’m familiar with the concept.” “Well,...
Chubb Enters Lender Environmental Insurance Market
Feb 7 2001 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has introduced Collateral Impairment and Environmental Liability Insurance for Financial Institutions to commercial real estate lenders. The coverage is available through Environmental...
Managing The Risk From Climate Change
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
MOLD in Buildings
Nov 20 2000 // Creates New Frontier in Construction Defect Litigation, Definition of Pollution At the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic tort litigation is an...
Kemper Environmental Hires New President
Oct 18 2000 // Bill McElroy has joined Kemper Environmental as president. He will report to Charlie Abruzzo, executive vice president of Kemper Casualty Company, responsible for Kemper Environmental. McElroy brings more than 15 years of...
Playing The Green: Insuring Golf Courses
Oct 9 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Mold Claims Create a New Frontier in Constuction Defect Litigation
Oct 2 2000 // Mold. An extremely common organism, it’s found in veritably every home and building. Now it’s at the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic...
Zurich U.S. Expands Presence in Southwest, Appoints Four New Execs
Sep 28 2000 // Zurich U.S., headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., has appointed four new executives in an effort to better manage the company’s rapidly growing presence in the southwestern United States. Mark Wall is the senior...
Playing the Green: Insuring Golf Courses
Sep 18 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Illinois Workers’ Comp. Trust Ordered Into Conservation
Aug 15 2000 // The Circuit Court of Cook County has granted Illinois Insurance Director Nathaniel S. Shapo’s petition for the conservation of Illinois Environmental Services Workers Compensation Trust, Inc. The Order of...
