Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Va. Insurance Broker’s Big Step: First ‘Carbon Neutral Footprint’
Sep 5 2006 // Rutherfoord, a Roanoke, Va. insurance broker, says it is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and has become the first in the U.S. insurance industry to establish a carbon neutral footprint in response to the...
Del. Residents Evacuated Near Chemical Tanker Return Home
Aug 28 2006 // Residents living near a railroad tanker car that released a hazardous chemical, sickening 23 people, have been allowed to return home, officials said. An evacuation notice for 44 homes had been issued Saturday morning...
Par for the course: golf club premiums
Aug 21 2006 // Golf and country clubs are complex risks that make it difficult for agents and brokers to know how premium dollars should be allocated. That task is even more difficult because each club is different. Private clubs are...
Par for the course: golf club premiums
Aug 21 2006 // Golf and country clubs are complex risks that make it difficult for agents and brokers to know how premium dollars should be allocated. That task is even more difficult because each club is different. Private clubs are...
Guy Carpenter Report Examines Impact of Nanotechnology
Aug 16 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, the risk and reinsurance specialist of Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced the publication of “Nanotechnology: The Plastics of the 21st Century?” The study provides “a...
N.Y. Attorney General Candidates Make Their Cases
Aug 16 2006 // The five N.Y. candidates running for state attorney general will get their first chance to introduce themselves to a large number of voters in a statewide town hall meeting and debate this week. “Right now it means...
Cyber storms
Aug 7 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate–such as the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft–the public is losing confidence in the digital...
‘Mom & Pop’ dry cleaning market hangs on environmental issues
Aug 7 2006 // While franchises and large company mergers have changed the landscape of businesses across the United States, the “Mom and Pop” structure of most dry cleaning facilities continues to be successful. With...
Editor’s Note: Cyber storms
Aug 7 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate—such as the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft—the public is losing confidence in the digital...
‘Mom & Pop’ dry cleaning market hangs on environmental issues
Aug 7 2006 // While franchises and large company mergers have changed the landscape of businesses across the United States, the “Mom and Pop” structure of most dry cleaning facilities continues to be successful. With...
Mich. Burns & Wilcox Adds New Director of Branch Development
Aug 4 2006 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent Burns & Wilcox, has hired Paul Anderson, CPCU, ARM, AIM, to serve as the company’s director of branch...
The virtual, global economy humbles insurance leaders
Jul 24 2006 // Insurance professionals 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 risks ahead and given the speed...
Take the pollution out of the D&O policy
Jul 24 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 the D&O policy
Jul 24 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...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // The virtual, global economy humbles insurance leaders Insurance professionals 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...
Natural deposits of asbestos found in at least 20 states
Jul 24 2006 // Most people hear the word asbestos and think of home insulation, deteriorating ceiling tiles, or scuffed flooring. Few realize the soil in their yard, school athletic field, or neighborhood park might be tainted with the...
ACE USA Realigns Construction Industry Practice
Jul 19 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced that its Construction Industry Practice, formerly part of ACE Risk Management, will now become a unit of ACE Casualty Risk, and...
Breitstone & Co. Environmental Risk Team Join Aon
Jul 13 2006 // Aon has appointed Peter Breitstone as managing principal and chief executive officer of Aon’s Environmental Services Group. Also joining Aon are environmental industry veterans Ken Ayers, Greg Schilz, Rod Taylor,...
Natural Deposits of Asbestos Found in at Least 20 States
Jul 10 2006 // Most people hear the word asbestos and think of home insulation, deteriorating ceiling tiles, or scuffed flooring. What few realize is that the soil in their yard, school athletic field, or neighborhood park might be...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // The virtual, global economy challenges, humbles insurance leaders 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...
