Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ERMI Launches Pollution Protection Product for M&A Transactions
Jun 24 2016 // Environmental Risk Managers, Inc. (ERMI) has announced a new product to address exposures related to business & property transactions. The Mergers, Acquisitions, and Pollution Protection (MAPP) product combines...
Environmentalists Warn of Spill Risk from Increasing Oil Shipments on Hudson River
Jun 21 2016 // The Hudson River may still become a major corridor for the shipment of thick, tar sands oil from Canada despite moves last year by New York officials that many thought stopped those efforts. At issue is a key air permit...
States Faced with Massive Well Cleanup from Oil Bust
Jun 20 2016 // The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites at a time when they have little money to plug wells and seal off environmental...
Specialized Environmental Coverage Tools a Must for Today’s Farm Operations
Jun 20 2016 // Recent court and regulatory actions across the country with regard to environmental pollution exclusions in insurance policies have shown the need among farm owners and other agricultural risks for true environmental...
Contractor’s Professional Mitigation of Damages Coverage
Jun 20 2016 // As contractors’ professional liability insurance products continue to develop and evolve in the marketplace, many contractors aren’t aware of a new “first-party” coverage that has become available...
Colorado Scientists Detail Results of Fracking Air Pollution Study
Jun 16 2016 // A study of air pollution from western Colorado fracking wells found the highest rate of emissions came just after fracking was completed. The research released this week didn’t measure the effects on human health,...
North Alabama Water Diluted to Lower Contamination Levels
Jun 16 2016 // A water system that had to tell its 10,000 customers not to drink from their taps has brought chemical contamination down to federally acceptable levels by diluting it with water from another north Alabama utility,...
XL Catlin Launches Wholesale Contractors’ Pollution, Professional Coverage
Jun 15 2016 // XL Catlin’s North America Environmental insurance business has introduced a new wholesale pollution and professional insurance policy designed to help U.S. trade contractors address their contractual obligations to...
Houston Ship Channel Pilot Blamed for 2015 Collision, Chemical Spill
Jun 10 2016 // Federal safety experts say errors by a Houston Ship Channel pilot likely caused the 2015 collision between two 600-foot vessels that led to a chemical spill. The Houston Chronicle reported that the National Transportation...
Congress Passes Bill Updating Chemical Safety Law
Jun 8 2016 // The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would revamp federal chemical safety protections for the first time in decades, sending it to President Barack Obama for his expected signing into law. The Senate approved...
Arch Coal’s Bankruptcy Exit Plan Questioned by Environmental Collective
Jun 6 2016 // A coalition of U.S. environmental groups said Arch Coal’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy fails to describe how the coal producer would finance its mine clean-up obligations, according to a filing in a St. Louis...
Alabama Utility Warns Residents in 2 Counties of Water Contamination
Jun 6 2016 // Lisa Davis, a cashier at a Foodvalu grocery store in rural north Alabama, spent Friday, June 3, ringing up bottled water sales after a local utility declared its tap water unfit to drink because of chemical...
Today’s Farms Need Specialized Environmental Coverage
Jun 6 2016 // Recent court and regulatory actions across the country with regard to environmental pollution exclusions in insurance policies have shown the need among farm owners and other agricultural risks for true environmental...
Hub’s Program Brokerage Corporation Hires Fry as Assistant VP in NYC
Jun 3 2016 // Program Brokerage Corporation, a wholesale brokerage/managing general agency (MGA) and a subsidiary of Hub International Northeast, has hired Matthew Fry as assistant vice president. Based in the New York City office, Fry...
XL Catlin Adds Rectification Expense Coverage to Contractors’ Policies
May 27 2016 // XL Catlin’s Environmental insurance business has added new protection to its Contractor’s Professional and Pollution Legal Liability insurance to help contractors and environmental consultant clients absorb the...
Congress on Brink of First Update to Toxic Chemical Law in 40 Years
May 26 2016 // Legislation with bipartisan support that would revamp U.S. chemical safety law for the first time in decades is advancing in Congress, winning overwhelming passage in the House of Representatives as backers sought quick...
Beazley Expands Environmental Team in U.S. with XL Catlin, AIG, Ironshore Hires
May 24 2016 // Specialist insurer Beazley has made several senior hires to expand its environmental liability insurance team in the U.S. The Beazley environmental team now has 20 associates across the U.S., with local underwriting and...
West Virginia Town Issued ‘Do Not Drink’ Advisory Over Chemical Level in Water
May 23 2016 // West Virginia officials have issued a “Do Not Drink” advisory for Vienna water after the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new limit for the amount of a chemical present in Wood County’s...
Schwarzenegger Used Risk for Good
May 23 2016 // It turns out characters like Conan the Barbarian, the cyborg from Terminator and Dutch the protagonist in the original “Predator” movie, know a thing or two about risk. Definitely the actor who portrayed them...
PartnerOne Environmental Adds Huitt, Maxwell to New Jacksonville, Florida Office
May 22 2016 // PartnerOne Environmental has opened a new regional office in Jacksonville, Fla., and added Michelle Huitt as assistant vice president and Marie Maxwell as underwriter. The new team members will help manage the PartnerOne...
