Latest Pollution Headlines
All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Judge Approves DuPont $70 Million Pollution Settlement
Jan 7 2011 // A pollution case involving a former zinc-smelter site in West Virginia has been resolved with DuPont agreeing to pay $70 million plus fund a medical monitoring program for area residents. DuPont and lawyers representing...
Aon Adds Executives to Environmental Team, Appoints Szot COO
Jan 5 2011 // Aon Corp. has announced the appointment of Michael R. Szot as chief operating officer for the Environmental Practice of Aon Risk Solutions, the firm’s global risk management business. With more than 30 years of...
BP’s Gulf Spill Costs Look Manageable 8 Months Later
Dec 31 2010 // As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No more. Cleanup, government fines, lawsuits, legal fees and damage claims will likely exceed the $40...
U.S. Analyst: China May Be ‘Likely Bright Spot’ in Asia Climate Action
Dec 31 2010 // The outcome of U.N. climate talks in Mexico this month should boost steps in Asia to curb greenhouse gas emissions, with China a likely bright spot in 2011, a senior analyst at a leading U.S. think tank said. The talks...
BP’s Gulf Spill Costs Look Manageable 8 Months Later
Dec 30 2010 // As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No more. Cleanup, government fines, lawsuits, legal fees and damage claims will likely exceed the $40...
Insurers’ Recent Success a Milestone in a Year of Chinese Drywall Litigation
Dec 23 2010 // A federal judge in Louisiana recently 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 those...
Big ‘I’ Markets, ARMR Launch Storage Tank Product
Dec 22 2010 // The Independent Agents and Brokers of America Big “I” Markets launched a new insurance policy option with American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC (ARMR.NET) for above and below ground storage tank...
U.S. Sues BP, Well Owners, Driller, Insurer for Gulf Oil Spill Damages
Dec 16 2010 // The Obama administration Wednesday launched a legal battle against BP Plc and its partners by suing them for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, which could cost the companies billions of dollars. The lawsuit...
Aon Launches Extended Restaurant Brand Protection Policy
Dec 7 2010 // Aon Risk Solutions, Aon’s global risk management division, announced that it has developed an insurance policy that provides a greater level of protection than has previously been available from the insurance market...
People
Dec 5 2010 // Oakland, Calif.-based catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT Inc. named Bill Keogh president. He will be based in the Hackensack, N.J., office. Keogh previously served as senior vice president of strategic initiatives. He...
DuPont Offers $70 Million to Settle West Virginia Pollution Case
Nov 29 2010 // Chemical company DuPont last week offered to pay $70 million and spend millions more on medical monitoring for the next 30 years to end a legal battle over a toxic exposure case it lost in West Virginia. The proposal drew...
Calif. Court Rules Federal Proceedings Equivalent to CGL-Covered Lawsuit
Nov 22 2010 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that the term “suit” in a comprehensive general liability policy includes federal administrative adjudicative proceedings before an administrative law judge of the U.S....
Judges’ Mediation of Massey Pollution Case Fails in West Virginia
Nov 18 2010 // A lawyer for the plaintiffs says attempts to settle a long-running water pollution lawsuit against Massey Energy Co. have failed. Two judges on West Virginia’s mass litigation panel have been trying to mediate a...
Chartis Expands Environmental Product to Two Additional Industries
Nov 17 2010 // Chartis has expanded its NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance products, to additional industries. The additional industry segments within the NextGen Protection suite are: PLL MuniProtect for...
Outgoing Oklahoma AG: No Quick Resolution to Poultry Pollution Case
Nov 15 2010 // If Oklahoma’s new attorney general or governor decide to drop a lawsuit accusing poultry companies of pollution, the outgoing attorney general predicts the case will be picked up by other interested parties. Outgoing...
Slurry Pollution Case Plaintiffs Called to West Virginia Meeting
Nov 15 2010 // Eighteen months ago, Christina Doyle packed up her two kids for an eight-hour journey to a West Virginia courthouse, hoping for some resolution to a lawsuit over water pollution she believes caused her daughter’s...
Insurance and Going Green
Nov 14 2010 // What to Know About Green Commercial Building Insurance Read the news lately and it feels like everything – from cars to grocery bags – has gone green. While recent events, such as 2009’s Copenhagen Climate Change...
Big Oil Firms Need Top-to-Bottom Safety Reform, Says Commission
Nov 10 2010 // Complacency at BP, as well as at Transocean Ltd and Halliburton, led to serious missteps prior to the rig explosion that unleashed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over the summer, the heads of the White...
White House Panel: Human Errors, Not Safety Cuts, Behind BP Disaster
Nov 9 2010 // The White House oil spill commission said on Monday it found no evidence to support accusations that the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history happened because workers for BP Plc and its partners cut corners to save...
Lloyd’s Warns of Contamination Hazards from Chinese Food Imports
Nov 3 2010 // “China was the source of most contaminated or unsafe foodstuffs that came into Europe in 2009, according to a European Union report,” as cited in an article on the Lloyd’s of London web site, which...
