Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIG Environmental Enhances Its Environmental and General Liability Exposures (EAGLE) Program
Dec 8 2004 // AIG Environmental, a division of the property/casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), has announced the enhancement of its Environmental and General Liability Exposures (EAGLE) Program....
N.Y.’S LOVE CANAL OFF SUPERFUND LIST:
Oct 25 2004 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its decision to remove the Love Canal site in Niagara County, New York from the Superfund National Priorities List. All cleanup work at the site has been completed,...
Emerging Risk Evaluation Critical to Urban Insurers
Oct 21 2004 // Insurers doing business in urban areas should adopt a loss prevention program that looks at emerging risks and new risk management techniques, recommends the Chicago-based Urban Insurance Partners Institute, an urban and...
EPA Removes N.Y.’s Love Canal from Superfund List
Oct 12 2004 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its decision to remove the Love Canal site in Niagara County, New York from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). All cleanup work at the site has been...
Supreme Court Debates Pollution Lawsuits
Oct 12 2004 // The Supreme Court considered last week whether companies that voluntarily seek to clean up their polluted land can sue former owners to get help with the costs. The case could have important ramifications for communities...
The Hartford Reports Q3 Earnings
Sep 30 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. today estimated its 2004 third quarter earnings per fully diluted share at between $0.85 and $0.95. This estimated range assumes no net realized capital gains or losses or unusual...
Pa. Holds the Line on Storage Tank Fees
Sep 29 2004 // Following a 10 percent increase in fees last year, the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund (USTIF) Board has unanimously agreed to maintain fees for owners of underground storage tanks licensed in Pennsylvania...
Contractors Program
Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution...
Contractors Program
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution...
Hudson Insurance Group’s Environmental Program Expands to 46 States, D.C.
Aug 27 2004 // Hudson Programs, an operating division of Hudson Insurance Group, announced that their environmental insurance program is now available in 46 states, plus the District of Columbia. The program is exclusively underwritten...
Contractors’ Pollution Liability
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Co.’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution incident...
Contractors Program
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution...
ACE Westchester Specialty Group Bases New Environmental Division in Atlanta
Aug 16 2004 // ACE Westchester Specialty Group, the U.S.-based wholesale focused property and casualty operation of the ACE Group of Companies, has entered the environmental risk market, resulting in the creation of a new environmental...
Ohio DOI Names Saelens Deputy Director
Jun 30 2004 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin has named Holly Saelens deputy director of the department. Saelens, 38, has been the assistant director for policy and legislation since January 2000 and recently...
Environmental Multiline for Contractors & Consultants
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group introduced an environmental multiline policy which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple coverages in one integrated policy. The new...
Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors and Consultants
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., introduced an environmental multi-line policy, which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple...
Regional Focus
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was attributed with the comment that “all politics are local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In...
Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors and Consultants
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., introduced an environmental multi-line policy, which offers insurance for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple...
Environmental Multi-Line for Contractors, Consultants
Jun 7 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arch Insurance Group introduced an environmental multi-line policy for environmental contractors and consultants requiring multiple coverages in one integrated policy. The new policy provides a broad...
California Senate OKs Bills Expanding Firebreaks and Insurance Rights
May 20 2004 // Bills to expand firebreaks around some rural homes and give homeowners greater insurance rights were approved recently by the state Senate. The four measures were introduced in response to the fires that ravaged large...
