Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Schinnerer Launches New Contractor Policy Form
Mar 2 2011 // Schinnerer has launched a new contractor professional liability and pollution liability policy form. Available to general, design-build and many types of specialty contractors, the new policy form offers expanded coverage...
Great American Environmental Continues West Expansion with Staff Addition
Feb 25 2011 // Great American Insurance Group’s Environmental Division has added made another staff addition to its division as it continues to expand its San Francisco office. Pauline Saint-Pierre (formerly Lowe) joins Great...
Regulatory Ventilation
Feb 21 2011 // The Oversight and Government Reform Committee of U.S. House of Representatives has been looking into whether and how governmental regulations hurt business operations and job creation. In a recent hearing chaired by Rep....
Regulatory Ventilation
Feb 21 2011 // The Oversight and Government Reform Committee of U.S. House of Representatives has been looking into whether and how governmental regulations hurt business operations and job creation. In a recent hearing chaired by Rep....
BP Claims Fund Placed Under Judicial Oversight
Feb 21 2011 // Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of BP Plc’s fund to compensate victims of last year’s oil spill, could be forced to revamp dramatically how he handles claims now that the fund has come under the...
Best Report Highlights 50% Jump in Asbestos, Environmental Losses
Feb 17 2011 // A soon to be issued report from A.M. Best details an increase in U.S. property/casualty insurers’ asbestos and environmental (A&E) incurred losses. The industry faced a 50 percent rise in 2009, following a 47...
Nine New York Families Sue Gas Driller, Say Wells Tainted
Feb 17 2011 // Nine New York homeowners have filed a lawsuit against a Denver-based natural gas driller and its subcontractors, claiming the companies contaminated drinking water with gas and silt. The lawsuit, filed Friday in state...
Invited by GOP, Businesses Vent About EPA, OSHA, Dodd-Frank Rules
Feb 11 2011 // On issues ranging from the air we breathe to the noise factories make, business leaders want the government to stay out of their way. And the Republicans, looking toward the 2012 elections, are listening. The House’s...
Judicial Oversight Could Mean Changes for BP Claim Fund
Feb 10 2011 // Kenneth Feinberg, the formerly freewheeling administrator of BP Plc’s fund to compensate victims of last year’s oil spill, could be forced to revamp dramatically how he handles claims now that the fund has come...
Accidents Shine Spotlight on Grain Elevators
Feb 9 2011 // Recent high-profile accident cases have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. Speakers at the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association annual meeting in Fargo talked about a range of financial perils elevators must...
Aon Warns UK Businesses Face Threat from Environmental Legislation
Feb 8 2011 // UK businesses are “dangerously exposed to the possibility of heavy fines under the latest UK and EU legislation regarding environmental liability,” according to Aon. The bulletin added that in order to help...
Beazley Extends Global Environmental Underwriting to Pollution Coverage
Feb 8 2011 // Specialist insurer Beazley announced that it is broadening its coverage of environmental risks, first launched by its U.S. company, by “establishing an environmental risks underwriting capability at Lloyd’s,...
Chinese Drywall: Cracks in Coverage Claims?
Feb 7 2011 // Although not in the national news as much lately, Chinese drywall continues to disrupt the lives and finances of thousands of homeowners and other users of the product. In the courts, homeowners are fighting to obtain...
My New Market
Feb 7 2011 // Chubb Masterpiece Market Detail: Agents Access offers personal lines coverage including home, auto, valuable articles and excess. Chubb offers solutions designed exclusively for people with above-average needs, who need...
Super Bowl Risk Management a Team Effort
Feb 4 2011 // The Super Bowl XLV may be the biggest game of the year, and to some, it also presents super-sized risk management challenges. The National Football League said it is expecting a record crowd of 105,000 attendees at Cowboys...
Environmental Group Seeks Safety Records on Texas Border Dams
Feb 2 2011 // An environmental group has filed a lawsuit to compel the release of documents related to the safety of two dams on the Texas-Mexico border. The federal lawsuit was filed in Washington, D.C., by the group Public Employees...
Marsh Sees Soft Commercial Insurance Market Continuing
Jan 31 2011 // Another report indicates that soft commercial insurance market conditions that persisted throughout the U.S. in 2010 will continue into 2011. Key commercial insurance market drivers from 2009—including intense...
ASI Environmental Enhances EnviroStar Policy Form
Jan 31 2011 // American Safety Insurance has launched an enhanced version of its EnviroStar policy, which combines common coverages for environmental professionals into one form. “The form changes are in response to feedback from...
AG Seeks Michigan Supreme Court Rehearing of Insurance Licensing Case
Jan 19 2011 // Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wants the state’s highest court to reconsider several key decisions of late last year, including one involving insurance licensing. Schuette announced his office will file a...
Federal Judge Dismisses Suits Against Insurers Over Chinese Drywall Coverage
Jan 10 2011 // A federal judge in Louisiana in mid-December let 10 insurance companies being sued by Louisiana homeowners over property damage resulting from the installation of defective drywall from China off the hook for coverage from...
