All the headlines from our Pollution Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 25 2011 // Liberty International Underwriters in Europe (LIU Europe), a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has appointed Audrey Mondin as Environmental Impairment Liability Underwriter in its Paris Office.LIU said the move resulted from...
Jul 25 2011 // Three judges hearing a coal slurry pollution lawsuit against Massey Energy are considering whether the parent corporation should be held liable for the actions of a subsidiary it claims operated independently.Massey...
Jul 22 2011 // Some Iowa officials say they’d like to keep in place temporary dikes, berms and levees that were hurriedly built to protect people and property from Missouri River floodwater.Woodbury County emergency management...
Jul 19 2011 // DuPont was sued last Friday by a Michigan golf club that alleges its widely used Imprelis herbicide kills trees, reflecting a growing nationwide problem being investigated by a top U.S. regulator.Imprelis, conditionally...
Jul 18 2011 // When crises occur, one person the claims adjuster, insurer and insured should consider calling is a salvor – he or she can be a valuable partner in helping to clean up the trash, and broker the sale of any...
Jul 18 2011 // A settlement of up to $750 million has been reached with the German conglomerate Bayer CropScience on behalf of U.S. rice farmers in a series of rice contamination lawsuits, according to Don Downing, an attorney with Gray,...
Jul 14 2011 // Federal nuclear safety inspectors are investigating a radioactive waste leak at a Fairfield County, South Carolina nuclear power plant amid increased scrutiny of pipes at the nation’s nuclear facilities.The U.S....
Jul 13 2011 // Some of the world’s leading clothing brands rely on Chinese suppliers that pollute rivers with toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in Europe and elsewhere, the environment group Greenpeace said on...
Jul 13 2011 // ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused insurance division of the ACE Group, has launched ACE Westchester Elite Premises Pollution Liability form. The new policy provides a package of pollution coverages and...
Jul 12 2011 // An amended pollution exclusion clause and buy-back endorsement which retains original coverage while modernizing and clarifying wording has been developed by the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU). The...
Jul 7 2011 // A settlement of up to $750 million has been reached with the German conglomerate Bayer CropScience on behalf of U.S. rice farmers in a series of rice contamination lawsuits, according to Don Downing, an attorney with Gray,...
Jul 6 2011 // Environmental officials scrambled Tuesday to assess the extent of contamination from a weekend oil spill that has fouled water supplies and ranch lands along a scenic and otherwise pristine stretch of the Yellowstone River...
Jul 5 2011 // An oil pipeline that spewed tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River was temporarily shut down in May because of concerns over rising waters, and regulators last year warned Exxon...
Jun 23 2011 // PartnerOne Environmental, Beacon Hill Associates’ underwriting division, now offers workers compensation coverage to additional environmental contractors and consultants. Coverage is provided by a group of...
Jun 20 2011 // Missouri employers, including small- and mid-sized companies, should be aware of a loophole in Missouri law putting companies at risk for lawsuits filed by current and former employees who claim they contacted an...
Jun 20 2011 // The insurance needs of contractors continue to become more complex as the economy works its way out of the recession. Part of that increased complexity involves a company’s environmental exposures and how it chooses...
Jun 13 2011 // Canada is this week hosting the third of seven United Nations conferences to develop a set of sustainability principles for the insurance industry.Insurance industry CEOs and other senior executives from Bermuda, Canada...
Jun 7 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected General Electric Co.’s legal challenge to part of a federal law that gives the Environmental Protection Agency the power to order companies to clean up hazardous waste.The...
Jun 6 2011 // When crises occur, one person the claims adjuster, insurer and insured should consider calling is a salvor – he or she can be a valuable partner in helping to clean up the trash, and broker the sale of any...
Jun 2 2011 // XL Insurance, the global underwriting operations of XL has unveiled a new contractor’s protective indemnity (CPI) coverage for the construction industry. This new coverage provides an additional layer of insurance...