Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Group Urges Tennessee Residents to Avoid Ash from Coal Plant
Dec 29 2008 // Authorities need to more strongly warn residents that muck left from a major coal-ash spill in eastern Tennessee could pose health risks, a southern environmental group said Saturday. The Tennessee Department of...
Insurer is ‘Torturing’ Policy Using Pollution Exclusion to Deny Death Claims
Dec 22 2008 // U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal in Houston has been called upon to rule if Great American Insurance Co. is acting within policy and contract language and in accordance with the required utmost good faith in asserting...
Navigators Launches Environmental Unit; AIG’s Robinson Named VP
Dec 22 2008 // Navigators Management Co. has established Navigators Environmental, a new business unit that will focus on underwriting specialized environmental insurance products on a global basis. Adrien Robinson has joined Navigators...
Insurer Arguing Smoke, Pollution – not Fire – Caused Deaths in Houston
Dec 19 2008 // An insurance company is arguing in a Texas court that a policy it issued that excludes payments for pollution prevents the families of three people killed in a 2007 Houston office building fire from being compensated...
Rockhill Insurance Names Pittignano, Ziogas to Envionmental Division
Dec 18 2008 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Rockhill Insurance Company recently added Alex Pittignano to its Rockhill Underwriting Management as vice president of Environmental and Jim Ziogas has joined National Environmental Coverage...
Aon Highlights ‘Emerging Risks’ for UK Businesses
Dec 17 2008 // Aon has issued a warning from its London office to UK companies, which indicates that they may “face new insurance claim burdens in 2009 with fraud on the increase and spiraling legal fees.” Aon also said that,...
Ace Strengthens Environmental Team as UK to Implement New Legislation
Dec 17 2008 // ACE Europe (ACE) announced that it has “further strengthened its environmental risk team with the appointment of Chris Strong as Environmental Risk Underwriter.” ACE said it made the appointment in anticipation...
Aon Names Finnamore for Risk Management in Far East, Asia, Australia
Dec 15 2008 // Aon Corp. announced that Jim Finnamore will join the firm in January as regional director of Aon Environmental Services Group, Asia-Pacific. He will be based in Singapore and will coordinate the delivery of the...
Cleanup Agreement Reached for Massachusetts Landfill
Dec 15 2008 // Environmental officials say a settlement has been reached to complete the cleanup of the Shpack landfill in Norton and Attleboro, Massachusetts The landfill is a federal Superfund site contaminated with chemical and...
U.S. Needs More Study on Risks of Nanotechnology: Research Council
Dec 12 2008 // The U.S. government needs a more comprehensive plan for studying the risks of nanotechnology, the National Research Council said. While the committee that prepared the report did not evaluate the safety of nanomaterials,...
Maine Mercury Cleanup at Issue in Federal Ruling
Dec 10 2008 // A federal judge has refused to block Maine environmental regulators from enforcing a mercury cleanup order at a former chemical plant’s Orrington landfills. Mallinckrodt LLC of St. Louis, a subsidiary of U.S....
Irish Pork Recalled in Dioxin Scare
Dec 8 2008 // Britain and Ireland warned consumers Sunday not to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed they may be contaminated with toxic dioxins. The Irish government has ordered a recall of all domestic pork products from...
Fireman’s Fund Wins Environmental Award
Dec 2 2008 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has been honored by the California Environmental Protection Agency with the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) in the category of...
Environmental Liability: What’s Good Today, Could Be Bad Tomorrow
Nov 30 2008 // Environmental Insurance Delivers the Best Shield of Defense Against Emerging Pollutants The changing character of environmental regulation fits any definition of a moving target. Since the Environmental Protection Agency...
Hudson Insurance Environmental Products Unit Opens Dec. 1
Nov 25 2008 // Stamford, Conn.-based Hudson Insurance Group, the U.S. Insurance division of Odyssey Re Holdings Corp., reports that its Environmental Products unit will begin operations on Dec. 1, 2008. Hudson Environmental Products is...
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Nov 16 2008 // New York-based Navigators Group hired Paul Hennessy as president of Navigators Holdings (UK) Ltd. He will be responsible for Navigators’ operations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and will report to President...
Green Building: New Benefits for Society and New Challenges for Risk Management
Nov 16 2008 // As society becomes more environmentally conscious, as energy prices continue to soar, and as government laws and regulations mandate it, green building promises to become the rule, rather than the exception, in the...
Environmentalists Praise By-the-Mile Auto Insurance Option in Texas
Nov 13 2008 // Environmental Defense Fund is praising MileMeter for recently launching a pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance program in Texas that will reward low-mileage drivers with lower premiums than traditional, flat-rate...
EPA: Company Failed to Warn about Lead Paint in 4 New England States
Nov 11 2008 // A federal agency is accusing a real estate company of failing to notify prospective homeowners about lead paint problems at properties. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday the corporate owners of Coldwell...
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Named Energy Star Partner
Nov 3 2008 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has become an Energy Star partner. The partnership, the first for an insurance company, recognizes the company’s leadership in promoting environmental...
