All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 12 2006 // In workers’ compensation cases, management of injured workers by a specialized network of health care providers—without third-party utilization review—can reduce missed work days and lower health care costs,...
Sep 8 2006 // BISYS Commercial Insurance Services, a provider of commercial property and casualty insurance solutions, today announced its acquisition of JCH Environmental Insurance Brokers, the environmental practice of JCH Insurance...
Sep 5 2006 // Democrat Eliot Spitzer has tackled illegal trading on Wall Street and fraudulent deals in the insurance industry and sued the federal government to force environmental protections in his nearly eight years as attorney...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 of...
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 in...
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 in...
Jul 24 2006 // The virtual, global economy humbles insurance leadersInsurance 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...
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...
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...