All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2013 // Verisk Climate and The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB) have introduced new technology and consulting services that help insurers and businesses predict the likelihood, severity, and financial...
Oct 21 2013 // A settlement has been reached with the owner of a former asbestos mine in northern Vermont to help cover the costs of some pollution controls.Vermont Asbestos Group also has agreed to pursue $3.5 million in insurance money...
Oct 21 2013 // Robots of the future could improve business efficiencies, but companies must implement risk management beyond legal requirements to minimize accidents and damage to their reputation.In recent years, robotics applications...
Oct 17 2013 // XL Group announced an expansion of its insurance operations in Dallas.The company’s U.S. Risk Management business is setting up operations in Dallas and welcoming Gabriel Martinez as casualty underwriting director....
Oct 16 2013 // In response to the growing financial impact and frequency of product recalls for food and beverage manufacturers, distributors and importers in the U.S. and Europe, American International Group (AIG) today launched NOVI, a...
Oct 16 2013 // The new shipping route opened up through the Arctic by climate change will not be crowded any time soon.Cargoes of coal, diesel and gas have made the trip but high insurance costs, slow going and strict environmental rules...
Oct 11 2013 // Federal prosecutors in Arkansas asked a judge to stay proceedings in their lawsuit against ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. because of the federal government shutdown.The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Chris...
Oct 11 2013 // An insurance provision in the U.S. farm bills proposed by the House and Senate could have corn, soybean, and wheat farmers making more money in a bad year, such as during a drought, than in a good year, an environmental...
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes.Federal law requires...
Oct 9 2013 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) has partnered with program administrator PGI Commercial to offer LIU Environmental coverages under a new program administrator agreement.PGI Commercial’s clients now have...
Oct 7 2013 // ACE Group has appointed Nicolas Givelet as risk engineer in its Continental Europe environmental insurance team. In this newly-created role, Givelet will lead a new environmental risk engineering task force for ACE in the...
Oct 7 2013 // Food recalls are on the rise, but that isn’t necessarily because food manufacturers are not meeting safety requirements and more food is contaminated or unsafe. In fact, insurers in the product recall space who...
Oct 7 2013 // Nearly 50 Cut Bank residents have filed a lawsuit alleging their properties have been polluted by petroleum from a crude oil transportation and storage facility on the eastern edge of the city. The Great Falls Tribune...
Oct 7 2013 // Colorado residents and businesses face devastating water inundation that many are dubbing a one-in-500-years weather event. Nearly 2,400 square miles were saturated with water causing massive dislocation and loss of life....
Oct 4 2013 // At the time of this writing, the federal government is in a partial shutdown. Essential functions are operating, but certain areas such as national parks are completely closed.While this partial shutdown does not threaten...
Sep 27 2013 // Stephen J.O. Catlin has led the company/group that bears his name since 1984. He’s seen it grow into the biggest syndicate at Lloyd’s with gross premiums written of $5.5 billion. He was the first to move the...
Sep 27 2013 // BP will battle to hold down fines that could hit $18 billion in a new phase of the Gulf of Mexico trial that will rule on how much oil it spilled in 2010 and judge its efforts to plug its well.Starting on Monday in New...
Sep 27 2013 // Global warming has slowed since 1998 even though humans are spewing ever more greenhouse gases and are almost certainly to blame for damaging the atmosphere.That’s according to a 36-page summary of a report from a...
Sep 26 2013 // About a dozen Slaughter, La., residents allege respiratory problems and diminished property values in a lawsuit filed in the wake of the Nov. 19 blaze that destroyed the Monolyte Laboratories Inc. chemical facility.The...
Sep 26 2013 // The International Monetary Fund can play a role in protecting the planet from environmental damage, IMF head Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday, as she highlighted how an analysis of the harmful effects of energy subsidies...