All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2010 // U.S. regulators have told Canada’s Enbridge to detail a safety and repair plan for a failed oil pipeline in Michigan after warning in January the company appeared to be in violation of safety standards because it was...
Jul 26 2010 // The Navigators Group, Inc.’s principal underwriting agency subsidiary, Navigators Management Co., Inc., has introduced the Contractor’s Environmental Risk Management (ERM) Toolkit II (“Toolkit II”),...
Jul 23 2010 // BP Plc oil spill workers in the Gulf of Mexico prepared for a possible evacuation Thursday as a tropical storm threatened more delays in attempts to end the environmental disaster.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said...
Jul 22 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 over the last couple years as the economy has forced the closure of many...
Jul 20 2010 // AXIS Capital Holdings Limited’s AXIS Insurance segment has formed a design professionals & environmental liability unit that will specialize in providing coverage for architects, engineers, contractors,...
Jul 16 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that the ratings on CNA Financial Corp. (BBB-/Stable/–) and its core insurance operating companies (A-/Stable/–) are “unaffected by the company’s...
Jul 15 2010 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will take over asbestos and environmental pollution risks now held by CNA Financial Corp. in exchange for a $2 billion fee.CNA, which is the nation’s seventh-largest...
Jul 12 2010 // Following the establishment of Management Liability, Healthcare and Renewable Energy practices earlier this year, Torus appointed sector specialist Adrianne Vigueras as vice president to develop tailored environmental...
Jul 8 2010 // Residential construction is and has been an extremely important class of business for surplus lines insurers and agents. In recent years, however, demand for residential work in this country has dropped dramatically....
Jul 8 2010 // Ironshore has introduced an insurance program to protect against adverse risk exposures for U.S. commercial properties that are vacant or partially occupied. Ironshore Property’s newest program, Ironshore Vacancy...
Jul 5 2010 // With BP’s offshore oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico as a backdrop, the Florida Supreme Court recently ruled that commercial fishermen may sue a company that discharged pollutants into Tampa Bay for lost income and...
Jun 30 2010 // BP payout should far exceed what Exxon spent on Valdez The company’s $20 billion fund may not be enough Accountability may take years if not decades to assess Many federal laws allow civil, criminal liability From a...
Jun 30 2010 // The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not simply a random accident. There will be more of these spills to come, as the days of easy oil are over, says an anthropologist at Washington University in St....
Jun 29 2010 // Ironshore International Ltd. has announced that the Ironshore Environmental Insurance division will provide coverages on a global basis through its Pembroke platform in London. Pembroke Syndicate 4000 operates within...
Jun 23 2010 // With BP’s offshore oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico as a backdrop, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that commercial fishermen can sue a company that discharged pollutants into Tampa Bay for lost income and profits...
Jun 21 2010 // Two companies that once insured Appleton Papers Inc. are liable for $10 million toward the cleanup of the Fox River after a court decision on June 8, the firm’s lawyer said.Attorney Ron Ragatz says the ruling by the...
Jun 21 2010 // The current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico followed soon after a large explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform, 50 miles off the Louisiana Coast, on April 20. The rig, which in AIR’s offshore...
Jun 21 2010 // The current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico followed soon after a large explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform, 50 miles off the Louisiana Coast, on April 20. The rig, which in AIR’s offshore...
Jun 21 2010 // Residential construction is and has been an extremely important class of business for surplus lines insurers and agents. In recent years, however, demand for residential work in this country has dropped dramatically....
Jun 17 2010 // The White House offered an explanation Wednesday of how its new independent claims process would work for those harmed by the BP oil spill, including details of a $20 billion escrow account funded by the British oil...