Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Quick End to Gulf Oil Leak Depends on Robot Subs
Apr 27 2010 // Crews have been using a robot submarine to try to stop an oil leak resulting from the explosion at an oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana. The oil is leaking nearly a mile below the surface of the Gulf of...
Florida Residents Seek $500 Million in Superfund Lawsuit
Apr 22 2010 // Residents of a neighborhood on the edge of a polluted Florida Superfund site have sued the property owners, seeking at least $500 million to decontaminate their homes and monitor their health. The so-called Cabot/Koppers...
Earth Day: How Insurance Works with Recyclers
Apr 22 2010 // Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and this year the Environmental Protection Agency turns 40 as well. Earth Day, the EPA and activists have been catalysts for one industry’s growth, in particular. The...
Feds Sue Metal Companies for New York Mercury Cleanup
Apr 21 2010 // The federal government has sued to recover $7 million in mercury cleanup costs from eight companies that used a New York refinery between 1970 and 1991. The companies were part of an earlier $2.4 million settlement. But...
Louisiana Court: Policy Exclusions Can’t Be Used to Deny Drywall Claims
Apr 19 2010 // A Louisiana court has rebuffed an insurer’s use of the pollution exclusion and two other exclusions in an “all risk” homeowners insurance policy to deny claims resulting from Chinese...
ACE UK Launches Environmental Risk for Small to Mid-Sized Firms
Apr 13 2010 // ACE UK has launched Environmental Protect, a policy offering coverage for both small to medium-sized companies and multinational operations. The new policy comes as submissions from regional and London market brokers...
Green Building Movement Raises Some Construction Defect, Claims Concern
Apr 7 2010 // New insurance products to protect innovative green construction products such as wind turbines, fuel cells and vegetative roofs are on the rise. But even those closest to the situation admit to being a bit, well, green,...
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Apr 5 2010 // Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, based in Lansing, Mich., appointed Lisa Riddle the new vice president of Claims and Medical Operations. In her new role, Riddle is responsible for the strategic direction of...
Louisiana Court: Policy Exclusions Can’t Be Used to Deny Drywall Claims
Mar 30 2010 // A Louisiana court has rebuffed an insurance company’s use of the pollution exclusion and two other exclusions in an “all risk” homeowners insurance policy to deny claims resulting from so-called Chinese...
Kentucky Residents Sue Over Nuplex Chemical Spill
Mar 30 2010 // Residents of a southern Louisville neighborhood have sued Nuplex Resins over a chemical spill that sent vapors through sewer pipes. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that three people filed the suit last Friday in...
Insurance Agents: Get Ready for Green Building Exposures
Mar 30 2010 // An idyllic, pasture-like setting is not the only green image agribusiness owners would like the public to imagine when they picture their operations — they increasingly want to be known for their “green”...
Floods Recede in Fargo, But Other Hazards Linger
Mar 26 2010 // As the Red River slowly started to recede this week and fears of major flooding diminished, Fargo residents were left to deal with another problem: environmental hazards that linger long after the waters...
8 New Markets in Response to Current Trends
Mar 22 2010 // Insurance Companies Generate New Programs to Bring in Additional Premium The last few years of the soft market have forced many carriers and agencies to get creative when it comes to bringing in additional premium. This...
Green Is Good, Right?
Mar 22 2010 // Insurers Monitoring Defects, Claims Tied to Green Building Products and Designs From wind turbines and fuel cells to vegetative roofs and bamboo surfaces, innovative green construction materials are showing up everywhere....
Navigators Integrates Pollution, General Liability for Manufacturers
Mar 22 2010 // The Navigators Group’s principal underwriting agency subsidiary, Navigators Management Co., Inc., has launched a Premises, Products and Pollution Liability insurance policy or “NP3,” which is designed to...
Marsh: Environmental Liability Concerns Top Risk Management Agenda
Mar 19 2010 // “The heightened environmental liabilities created by recent European Union (EU) and UK environmental legislation were among the top risk management concerns raised by delegates at this week’s Base conference in...
Starr, Chubb Form Workers Compensation Underwriting Agreement
Mar 15 2010 // Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., Inc., an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Starr International Company, Inc., and Chubb & Son, a division of Federal Insurance Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Chubb, have...
Ironshore Releases Site Pollution Liability Program for Medical Facilities
Mar 10 2010 // Ironshore Inc. has introduced an environmental insurance program to help healthcare facilities manage environmental liability exposures and curtail restitution expenses. Ironshore’s Environmental Insurance division...
House Panels Face Environmental, Insurer Groups Over Catastrophe Bill
Mar 10 2010 // Two House subcommittees have scheduled a joint hearing today on ways to address homeowners insurance costs in disaster-prone communities, an issue that has some environmentalists, taxpayer groups and insurers standing...
Rockhill Adds Schneider to Environmental Insurance Team
Mar 10 2010 // Rockhill Underwriting Management, based in Kansas City, Mo., has hired Kenneth Schneider as senior vice president of its Environmental unit. Schneider will manage all aspects of the environmental underwriting operations...
