Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Munich Re Helps UN Launch ‘Principles for Responsible Investment’
May 1 2006 // Munich Re was one of a number of large investment groups who became original signatories for the United Nations “Principles for Responsible Investment,” launched last week by UN Secretary General Kofi...
Cancer Rate Linked to Former Mass. Textile Site Where Kids Played
Apr 28 2006 // Massachusetts health officials trying to resolve a decades-old mystery about a cluster of cancer cases in Ashland have concluded that the illnesses are linked to a former textile dye-making plant with waste ponds that some...
OSHA, Safety Engineers Team Up to Highlight Job Safety
Apr 27 2006 // In an ongoing effort to increase public awareness on the importance of workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will kick-off the annual...
CLOSER LOOK: Agribusiness
Apr 17 2006 // Farmers are adding agritainment or agro-tourism to their operations, such as using the farm for haunted houses, corn mazes, cider mills, vineyards with wine festivals and restaurants, craft shops and hay rides, among other...
New law pushed by agents may hamper Nevada mining watchdog group
Apr 17 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
Western Security Surplus Names Peyton Vice President/Branch Manager in Los Alamitos, Calif.
Apr 5 2006 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. based in Pasadena, Calif., has named Deanna Peyton to replace Rebecca Hill as vice president/branch manager at the Orange/San Diego county office located in Los Alamitos,...
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Apr 3 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Apr 3 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Apr 3 2006 // D&O insurers may invoke an ‘absolute’ pollution exclusion to deny coverage for claims that arise out of environmental reserves or other pollution. Is your directors and officers policy polluted?...
Take the pollution out of your D&O policy
Apr 3 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...
New Law May Hamper Nevada Mining Watchdog Group
Mar 30 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
Investors Pressure DuPont Over Risks of Genetically-Modified Products
Mar 28 2006 // The DuPont Co. needs to provide more information to its shareholders about the potential risks posed by genetically modified organisms, a group of faith-based investors said last week. Christian Brothers Investment...
Insurers Report Progress on Asbestos Liabilities Funding, Says A.M. Best
Mar 27 2006 // During 2004, U.S. property/casualty insurers narrowed the funding gap in their asbestos and environmental loss reserves, principally for asbestos liabilities, as a result of 2004’s pretax charge of nearly $6 billion,...
Feds Probe Water Tritium Levels at Nuclear Power Plants
Mar 24 2006 // Federal monitors have formed a task force to investigate discharges of radioactive tritium-laced water at several power plants across the nation, including one at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix,...
For O & G operators, contracts and coverages go hand in hand
Mar 20 2006 // (Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series addressing risk management for the Oil and Gas operator. The first appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal-Texas/South Central, the second ran...
Freberg Environmental Launches Excess Auto Liability Program
Mar 7 2006 // Environmental Insurance Program Manager, Freberg Environmental, Inc. (FEI) has launched an excess automobile liability program with an A.M. Best rated “A VIII” domestic insurance company. The excess auto...
Finite re can fill environmental liability gap
Mar 6 2006 // Finite reinsurance has received a lot of negative publicity within the past year amid allegations of its misuse as an accounting rather than risk transfer tool. But the product has its merits when used correctly, and it...
What lies beneath the surface of a yacht policy?
Feb 20 2006 // Although no standard such as ISO exists for the yacht insurance industry assuring consistency from carrier to carrier, most policies offered by domestic carriers have become fairly consistent in their coverage offering....
Claims Management
Feb 19 2006 // Insurers and property owners are finding that heat offers an effective alternative or adjunct to costly traditional demolition-based remediation and flood restoration. Heat treatment method offers options for relief...
By Christopher L. Pesce
Feb 19 2006 // What lies beneath the surface of a yacht policy? Commonly overlooked coverage issues mean added exposure for agents Although no standard such as ISO exists for the yacht insurance industry assuring consistency from carrier...
