All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 20 2001 // Oil and gas drillers in Texas are averaging about 40 new holes in the ground every day as the pace of looking for petroleum, especially natural gas, continues unabated in Texas and elsewhere, and that’s...
Aug 20 2001 // Jim Hickey, the founder of the Environmental Insurance Agency in Portland, described environmental claims in general and asbestos claims in particular as “the shroud over the industry,” or harbingers of...
Aug 1 2001 // The Environmental Solutions Division of Chubb Financial Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Chubb Corporation, has unveiled a Remediation Cost Cap Policy, strengthening its position as a leading environmental...
Jul 23 2001 // Environmental pollution policies – they’re not just for oil industry giants and radioactive waste depositories anymore.Even the most seemingly benign businesses may carry the risk of producing, storing or...
Jun 25 2001 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an agreement to develop a framework for addressing risk and insurance management issues relating to climate...
Jun 18 2001 // Crude oil and natural gas exploration and production continue at near record levels and most observers see no let up. White House officials are stumping for a national energy policy that among other things seeks increases...
Jun 11 2001 // Legislation recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives that would provide Superfund liability protection for small businesses that disposed of municipal solid waste before April 1, 2001. According to Julie...
Jun 5 2001 // International Risk Group announced today that Connie Riddell, has joined the company as president of Colorado-based International Environmental Risk Underwriters. Riddell was formerly a principal in Bichon Group LLC, and...
Jun 1 2001 // General Mills reached a partial settlement with several global companies which took part in the reinsurance of a property policy covering a 1994 oats handling case.General Mills plans to record this partial settlement,...
May 30 2001 // Legislation that would provide Superfund liability protection for small-businesses that disposed of municipal solid waste before April 1, 2001 recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives.According to Julie...
May 21 2001 // The property/casualty industry may be facing a surge in asbestos claims that could cumulatively cost the industry as much as $65 billion. This new estimate of ultimate asbestos-related losses is nearly two-thirds higher...
Apr 27 2001 // The Senate unanimously passed the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 by a vote of 99 to 0. The American Insurance Association (AIA) called the bill (S 350) good for cities, people,...
Mar 28 2001 // Illinois Environmental Services Workers Comp Trust Liquidated The Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. has granted Illinois Insurance Director Nat Shapo’s petition to place the Illinois Environmental Services Workers...
Mar 26 2001 // In an effort to provide environmental risk management services to Bay Area construction, technology, real estate and other commercial clients, San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. and New York-based Frenkel...
Mar 5 2001 // “How’s business?”“Don’t ask.” “What’s wrong?”“You’ve heard of underwriting?”“I’m familiar with the concept.”“Well, it’s...
Mar 2 2001 // The Oregon Senate Business, Labor and Economic Development Committee has moved a bill designed to correct a controversial state Supreme Court ruling on pollution exclusions to the Senate floor with a “do pass”...
Feb 26 2001 // “How’s business?”“Don’t ask.” “What’s wrong?”“You’ve heard of underwriting?”“I’m familiar with the concept.”“Well, it’s...
Feb 7 2001 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has introduced Collateral Impairment and Environmental Liability Insurance for Financial Institutions to commercial real estate lenders. The coverage is available through Environmental...
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
Nov 20 2000 // Creates New Frontier in Construction Defect Litigation, Definition of PollutionAt the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic tort litigation is an...