Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Appeals Court rules insurer’s indemnity obligation is joint and several
Jul 3 2006 // The Court of Appeals of Oregon has decided that an insurance company’s indemnity obligation to its policyholders is joint and several, not pro-rata, in environmental liability insurance coverage case. In Cacade Corp....
Editor’s Note: Cyber storms
Jul 3 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // Appeals Court rules insurer’s indemnity obligation is joint and several The Court of Appeals of Oregon has decided that an insurance company’s indemnity obligation to its policyholders is joint and several, not...
The virtual, global economy challenges, humbles insurance leaders
Jul 3 2006 // Insurance agents and executives have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to be worried. She says there are a lot of unfamiliar risks ahead...
Trident Rolls Out Environmental Impairment Liability Product
Jun 29 2006 // Trident Insurance Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc., introduced an environmental impairment liability product for public entities, public schools and public and private water...
Supreme Court to Hear States’ Case Against EPA Over Climate Change
Jun 28 2006 // Running for president, George W. Bush said he was ready to regulate carbon dioxide. But in early 2001, shortly after taking office, he changed his mind. It would be too expensive to force reductions of the leading...
ACE Enhances U.K. Environmental Coverage Package
Jun 23 2006 // ACE European Group announced that it is offering an extensive and affordable environmental liability cover specifically for smaller and mid-sized private and corporate businesses, as part of its existing liability and...
Editor’s Note: Cyber storms
Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
Editor’s Note: Cyber storms
Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
It’s not easy being green
Jun 5 2006 // “It’s not easy being green.” — Kermit the Frog The environment and going “green” has been the editorial focus of a slew of consumer publications from Time to Vanity Fair recently....
Editor’s Note: It’s not easy being green
Jun 5 2006 // The environment and going “green” has been the editorial focus of a slew of consumer publications from Time to Vanity Fair recently. I’ve had a constant reminder for several years, since my husband works...
Heat treatment method offers options for relief efforts on coast
Jun 5 2006 // For insurers facing extraordinary exposure from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and unmatched losses beyond any other natural disasters in U.S. history, the bad news continues. Serious mold contamination is now threatening...
Willis Re to Collaborate with Accurate Environmental Forecasting
Jun 2 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has concluded “an exclusive reinsurance intermediary relationship with Accurate Environmental Forecasting, a provider of numerical weather prediction...
Quanta Puts Specialty Lines into Runoff; Retains Lloyd’s, ESC Business
May 26 2006 // Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that “following the evaluation of strategic alternatives, and in consultation with its financial advisors, the Board has decided to cease underwriting or seeking...
Liberty International to Buy Quanta’s Environmental Liability Renewals
May 26 2006 // Liberty International Underwriters, a division of Liberty Mutual Group,- has reached an agreement to acquire the renewal rights to Quanta U.S. Holdings Inc.’s environmental liability business. Terms of the...
Understanding buyers is key to writing farmowners policies
May 22 2006 // If you’ve been writing agricultural and farm insurance for years and think you know everything there is to know about the business, don’t bet the farm. Farm exposures have changed dramatically in the past 50...
Feeding the farmowners business
May 22 2006 // If you’ve been writing agricultural and farm insurance for years and think you know everything there is to know about the business, don’t bet the farm. Farm exposures have changed dramatically in the past 50...
Environmental Impairment Liability Product Expanded
May 18 2006 // American Safety Insurance Services Inc. of Atlanta has expanded its environmental impairment liability product to provide more coverage. It has changed its Site Pollution Impairment Legal Liability product to include...
AIG Adopts Policy on Climate Change
May 17 2006 // American International Group has joined the ranks of major insurers committed to doing something about the increased risks the industry faces due to climate change. In a newly issued statement, the company said it...
Freberg Environmental Offers Employment Practices Liability for Environmental Business
May 16 2006 // Environmental insurance program manager, Freberg Environmental Inc. (FEI), based in Denver, announced the availability of employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) on all classes of business currently underwritten by...
