Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aon Releases 2010 Food System, Agribusiness, Beverage Industry Report
Sep 22 2010 // The claims costs connected to the recent half billion egg recall will be unprecedented and include liabilities such as business interruption and reputation damage. During the next 15 months, the U.S. Food and Drug...
E&O Coverage for Real Estate Agents – Don’t Sell a Home Without It
Sep 20 2010 // Liability Woes Include Misrepresentation, Structural Defects, Legal Errors and More Real estate errors and omissions (E&O) liability coverage is big business. Although the recent property debacle has focused attention...
Lawsuit: Gas Drilling Fluid Ruined Pennsylvania Water Wells
Sep 17 2010 // Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale say their water wells have been contaminated by poisonous fluids blasted deep underground by a drilling company using a technique at the center of a fierce...
Illinois Oil Pipeline Leak Stopped; Cleanup Under Way
Sep 15 2010 // Crews have removed a 12-foot section of pipe at the site of an oil spill outside Chicago that led to a spike in regional gasoline prices, but it could take weeks to clean up the contamination, federal officials...
Distressed and Vacant Properties Fill a Void for Insurers
Sep 6 2010 // The vacant and distressed property segment, which was barely thought of two years ago, has been a beacon of light for insurers. This class has boomed in the past couple years as the economy has forced the closure of many...
Distressed and Vacant Properties Fill a Void for Insurers
Sep 6 2010 // The vacant and distressed property segment, which was barely thought of two years ago, has been a beacon of light for insurers. This class has boomed in the past couple of years as the economy has forced the closure of...
Chartis Expands Environmental Insurance to Additional Industries
Sep 3 2010 // Chartis today announced the expansion of NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance solutions developed by its Environmental Division. The additional industry segments within the NextGen Protection suite...
Marsh Launches Contamination Insurance Product for Water Utilities
Sep 3 2010 // Marsh has launched a specialist contamination insurance product for water utility firms globally, in reaction to “utilities companies move to strengthen their resilience to risks as a result of tightening regulation...
Fireman’s Fund Expands Green Insurance to Educational Institutions
Aug 31 2010 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is broadening its commercial green insurance appetite to include public and private schools, colleges and universities, and trade and vocational schools. With Green-Gard commercial...
Beazley Launches Fixed Site Environmental Cleanup Coverage
Aug 25 2010 // Beazley Group has added coverage for fixed site environmental exposures to its growing range of environmental products. Beazley ECLIPSE is an environmental liability and cleanup costs insurance product, designed to help...
Ironshore Environmental Expands Oil Spill Program to Hospitality Sector
Aug 23 2010 // Ironshore Environmental has expanded its suite of asset-class specific SPILLS programs to provide comprehensive environmental coverage to the Hospitality Sector. Ironshore’s Environmental Hospitality program offers...
80 Nearby Residents Sue Delaware Steel Recycling Plant
Aug 20 2010 // At least 80 Claymont, Delaware residents have joined a damage and personal-injury lawsuit targeting a long-troubled steel recycling plant there, in a case that claims owners failed for years to control “poisonous...
Alliant Names Georgia-Based VP
Aug 17 2010 // Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that veteran broker Bill Nellen has joined the company as Executive Vice President to direct its national...
Scientists Downplay Health Risks of Fires Near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
Aug 15 2010 // Fears that fires scorching forests polluted by Chernobyl fallout may propel dangerous amounts of radioactivity into the air are overblown, scientists say, and the actual health risks are very small. Even firefighters...
Chartis Introduces Industry-Specific Environmental Liability Products
Aug 13 2010 // Chartis has introduced NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance solutions developed by its Environmental Division. NextGen Protection is designed specifically for several industries that face potential...
BP Oil Spill Disaster Creates Some Opportunities
Aug 12 2010 // No matter which television channel or Web site you turn to, the Gulf oil spill has dominated the news. This is an environmental crisis that will affect the region’s economic capabilities and natural resources for...
Court: Vermont Can’t Collect on Pollution Cleanup
Aug 11 2010 // The state of Vermont can’t collect from a succession of owners of a property in downtown Barre that was polluted by a former dry cleaning shop, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled. The justices on Friday upheld a...
Pipeline Company Buying Homes Affected by Michigan Oil Spill
Aug 10 2010 // The Canadian company whose pipeline ruptured and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan waterway is buying two homes affected by the spill, and several other homeowners are considering...
Russian Troops Dig Canal to Keep Fires from Nuclear Plant
Aug 9 2010 // Russian troops dug a 8-km (5-mile) long canal to keep fires caused by a record heatwave away from a nuclear arms site, local media said on Saturday as air pollution from the crisis rose to more than six times above...
Monarch E&S Names Perry Senior Commercial Underwriter
Aug 5 2010 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services has hired Debbie Perry as a senior commercial underwriter to work out of its new Arizona office. She will write business in Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. Perry started in the insurance...
