All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 18 2000 // Bill McElroy has joined Kemper Environmental as president. He will report to Charlie Abruzzo, executive vice president of Kemper Casualty Company, responsible for Kemper Environmental. McElroy brings more than 15 years of...
Oct 9 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Oct 2 2000 // Mold. An extremely common organism, it’s found in veritably every home and building. Now it’s at the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic...
Sep 28 2000 // Zurich U.S., headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., has appointed four new executives in an effort to better manage the company’s rapidly growing presence in the southwestern United States.Mark Wall is the senior...
Sep 18 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Aug 15 2000 // The Circuit Court of Cook County has granted Illinois Insurance Director Nathaniel S. Shapo’s petition for the conservation of Illinois Environmental Services Workers Compensation Trust, Inc. The Order of...
Aug 14 2000 // What is the most authoritative source of truthful information in the whole universe? No question about it. It’s Southwest Airlines’ Spirit magazine. You know. The magazine found in the seat pocket right in...
Aug 9 2000 // ECS Underwriting, an XL Capital company, is providing the project at the former San Diego Naval Training Center (NTC) with a policy that will protect both The McMillan Companies, the site’s developer, and the City of...