All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2005 // ACE USA announced two appointments in its ACE Casualty Risk Unit. William Hazelton has joined as senior vice president and underwriting manager for ACE Environ-mental Risk, and Mitchell Schmidt is now senior vice president...
Oct 17 2005 // Hilb Rogal and Hobbs Company, headquartered in Glen Allen, Va., has appointed Michael Crowley to the position of president. In that role, Crowley will have overall responsibility for profit and loss, revenue growth,...
Oct 3 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid and cause rolling blackouts, according to a study by the U.S....
Oct 3 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid and cause rolling blackouts, according to a study by the U.S....
Sep 19 2005 // A Connecticut-based company that contaminated California’s San Gabriel Valley groundwater with its metal cleaning and degreasing procedures has agreed to spend $27.8 million on environmental projects and penalties in...
Sep 19 2005 // More frequent and intense heat waves that are expected in California during the next 100 years could overburden the state’s electric utility grid, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
Sep 19 2005 // A Wisconsin Senate Committee has killed the “all sums” bill, a measure vehemently opposed by the insurance industry.A.B. 222 (Senate Bill 137), was defeated in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Insurance...
Sep 19 2005 // The environmental insurance program of Hudson Programs, an operating division of Hudson Insurance Group in New York, is now available in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia.The program includes coverage for all sizes...
Sep 13 2005 // Zurich North America Commercial’s unit providing environmental and design professional insurance solutions has opened an office in Boston to serve customers in its New England region. Zurich’s New England...
Sep 5 2005 // MASSACHUSETTSFed Probe Firing of MassMutual CEO: Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual Insurance Comany chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company...
Sep 5 2005 // Despite three major Delaware River floods in the past 13 months, the Department of Environmental Protection is reneging on promises to revise rules that would make it tougher for developers to build in flood-prone areas,...
Aug 26 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced two appointments in its ACE Casualty Risk Unit. William Hazelton joins ACE USA as senior vice president and underwriting manager...
Aug 26 2005 // New York-based Integro Ltd. has announced it has hired three former Marsh senior vice presidents for its San Francisco office. Charles F. Shay Jr. will serve as Managing Principal, Management Risk Solutions; Tim Candy will...
Aug 24 2005 // A Connecticut-based company that contaminated California’s San Gabriel Valley groundwater with its metal cleaning and degreasing procedures has agreed to spend $27.8 million on environmental projects and penalties in...
Aug 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. recently announced the promotion of six staff members at the statewide trade association, effective Aug.1.IIABNY, which represents more than 18,000 employees...
Aug 22 2005 // The National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) during its 2005 summer conference elected Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Scott Brener president.With members from more than 30 U.S....
Aug 15 2005 // The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Permian Basin Chapter in Midland, Texas, announced it is teaming up with local U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials and the Texas...
Jul 22 2005 // London insurance companies facing asbestos, pollution and other long-tail liabilities to U.S. policyholders that resort to so-called “solvent schemes” to cut off claims and avoid liquidation have been dealt a...
Jul 11 2005 // Aon Corporation announced that Peggy Cullen has joined the company’s environmental practice as director of syndication. Cullen will oversee Aon’s nationwide team of environmental risk experts in the management...
Jul 4 2005 // Tom EllisZurich North America appointed Jerry Blais to a newly created executive position as head of Zurich’s South Central region. Headquartered in Dallas, the region consists of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and...