All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
Nov 18 2003 // The Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals Forum will be held in Atlanta Nov. 29-30. For further information, contact (877) 735-0800 or log onto: www.armr.net
Nov 12 2003 // Legislative initiatives within the European Union, as well as at the United Nations, the European Parliament and various countries reportedly are currently aimed at introducing a liability regime for dealing with...
Nov 7 2003 // The Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals Forum will take place Nov. 29-30 in Atlanta. For more information on registering and attending, call (877) 735-0800 or visit www.armr.net
Nov 3 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Calif.-based Speare & Company, which offers property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage services and risk management solutions to a wide variety...
Nov 3 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Helix Insurance has a market available for healthcare environmental liability. Dollars: $1 million per claim/$5 million Agg. Deductibles of $0 physician groups/$5,000 institutions. Minimum premium of...
Nov 3 2003 // Donald A. Friedman has been named president of the Professional Liability Agents Network (PLAN). PLAN is a national nonprofit organization of insurance agencies specializing in risk management and loss prevention programs...
Oct 20 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
Oct 15 2003 // ACE Casualty Risk, a division of ACE USA, announced the launch of ACE TankSafe(SM), a web-based underwriting facility that enables contracted brokers to conduct automated underwriting transactions from submission to...
Oct 14 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
Oct 6 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Helix Insurance has a market available for healthcare environmental liability.Dollars: $1 million per claim/$5 million Agg. Deductibles of $0 physician groups/$5,000 institutions. Minimum premium of...
Sep 22 2003 // As insurers are confronted with increased pressures from claims involving asbestos, mold, and directors and officers’ policies, little attention is paid to the decreasing number of traditional environmental claims.In...
Aug 1 2003 // As the legislative session continues to roll forward in Oregon, Senate bills that would unfairly expand environmental insurance coverage and restrict insurers’ use of credit information are stirring controversy,...
Jul 25 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned an initial financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) to Transmonde Services Insurance Company Ltd., Bermuda. The outlook is stable.The rating reflects the company’s strong level of...
Jul 8 2003 // Lloyd’s Underwriters and other London Market Insurers announced that a Seattle jury had found in their favor after a three week trial in their dispute with Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (“PSE”), a large gas...
Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...
Jun 9 2003 // One of the big issues facing small- to mid-size oil and gas operators and contractors these days is the need to determine how much risk they are willing to carry themselves and how much they want to transfer to an insuring...
May 22 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a statement indicating that proposed legislation in New York that would require the Department of Health to conduct a comprehensive study on the health risks of...
May 15 2003 // The European Union Parliament in Strasbourg has passed what could be a far reaching directive, mandating that whoever causes environmental pollution will be responsible for the costs of cleaning it up.Part of the proposed...