All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2010 // The vacant and distressed property segment, which was barely thought of two years ago, has been a beacon of light for insurers. This class has boomed in the past couple of years as the economy has forced the closure of...
Sep 3 2010 // Chartis today announced the expansion of NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance solutions developed by its Environmental Division.The additional industry segments within the NextGen Protection suite are:...
Sep 3 2010 // Marsh has launched a specialist contamination insurance product for water utility firms globally, in reaction to “utilities companies move to strengthen their resilience to risks as a result of tightening regulation...
Aug 31 2010 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is broadening its commercial green insurance appetite to include public and private schools, colleges and universities, and trade and vocational schools.With Green-Gard commercial...
Aug 25 2010 // Beazley Group has added coverage for fixed site environmental exposures to its growing range of environmental products. Beazley ECLIPSE is an environmental liability and cleanup costs insurance product, designed to help...
Aug 23 2010 // Ironshore Environmental has expanded its suite of asset-class specific SPILLS programs to provide comprehensive environmental coverage to the Hospitality Sector. Ironshore’s Environmental Hospitality program offers...
Aug 20 2010 // At least 80 Claymont, Delaware residents have joined a damage and personal-injury lawsuit targeting a long-troubled steel recycling plant there, in a case that claims owners failed for years to control “poisonous...
Aug 17 2010 // Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that veteran broker Bill Nellen has joined the company as Executive Vice President to direct its national...
Aug 15 2010 // Fears that fires scorching forests polluted by Chernobyl fallout may propel dangerous amounts of radioactivity into the air are overblown, scientists say, and the actual health risks are very small.Even firefighters...
Aug 13 2010 // Chartis has introduced NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance solutions developed by its Environmental Division. NextGen Protection is designed specifically for several industries that face potential...
Aug 12 2010 // No matter which television channel or Web site you turn to, the Gulf oil spill has dominated the news. This is an environmental crisis that will affect the region’s economic capabilities and natural resources for...
Aug 11 2010 // The state of Vermont can’t collect from a succession of owners of a property in downtown Barre that was polluted by a former dry cleaning shop, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled.The justices on Friday upheld a...
Aug 10 2010 // The Canadian company whose pipeline ruptured and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan waterway is buying two homes affected by the spill, and several other homeowners are considering...
Aug 9 2010 // Russian troops dug a 8-km (5-mile) long canal to keep fires caused by a record heatwave away from a nuclear arms site, local media said on Saturday as air pollution from the crisis rose to more than six times above...
Aug 5 2010 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services has hired Debbie Perry as a senior commercial underwriter to work out of its new Arizona office. She will write business in Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. Perry started in the insurance...
Aug 5 2010 // Great American Insurance Group’s Environmental Division has expanded its product line to include a project-specific contracting services environmental liability insurance product. This product offers a streamlined...
Aug 2 2010 // Thomas Allan has joined Boston-based Richards Robinson Sheppard Insurance as vice president. Allan specializes in construction accounts and has over 35 years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Richards...
Aug 2 2010 // The vacant and distressed property segment has been a beacon of light for insurers and brokers as the economy has forced the closure of businesses and halted construction projects, resulting in a number of vacant buildings...
Aug 2 2010 // The vacant and distressed property segment, which was barely thought of two years ago, has been a beacon of light for insurers. This class has boomed in the past couple years as the economy has forced the closure of many...
Aug 2 2010 // No matter which television channel or Web site you turn to, the Gulf oil spill has dominated the news. This is an environmental crisis that will affect the region’s economic capabilities and natural resources for...