Source: http://enr.construction.com, May 7, 2012 By: Jack Buehrer As an engineer who specializes in natural-gas pipeline safety, Richard Kuprewicz has never been more in demand. Amid unprecedented production of natural gas and crude oil in the United States alone, Kuprewicz is busy fielding questions from contractors, engineers, federal regulators and the media about the safety […]

Source: Inforum, May 10, 2012 By: Marino Eccher 3 building contractors to go into court this week North Dakota State University’s lawsuit against three contractors over the collapse of Minard Hall finally made its way into the Cass County District Court this week. The lawsuit, which was served in December, claims the contractors failed to […]

Source: The Boston Globe, May 6, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Tannery near condo complex For the next eight weeks, workers from the US Environmental Protection Agency will truck away mounds of arsenic-filled soil from a 28-unit residential complex where a tannery stood for 81 years. The arsenic was discovered in the last year when the […]

Source: Marketing Weekly News, May 5, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Last month, The State published a news story about a federal jury awarding six residents of Bishopville, South Carolina with a $2.3 million verdict. The residents had complained and filed a lawsuit against a landfill owner for nuisance odors that they claimed made their life miserable. […]

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Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 23, 2012 By: Laura A. Foggan, Jeremiah Galus and Samuel B. Gedge On April 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of Virginia, applying Virginia law, held that pollution exclusion endorsements in first-party property policies barred coverage for the insured’s product losses caused by contamination of infant formula resulting from a manufacturing mishap. Policyholder advocates […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, April 23, 2012 By Scott Judy After a federal jury took just four hours to rule that HDR Engineering’s design did not cause the cracks at Tampa Bay Water’s six-year-old reservoir, the utility was left with nothing for its gamble on a $30-million settlement offer but an estimated $24 million in legal bills. […]

Source: http://www.dailyrecord.com, April 27, 2012 By: Peggy Wright State to get $950,000 for cost of cleaning 4 towns’ water supply A Florham Park alloy manufacturer and a deceased man’s estate have agreed to pay $950,000 toward the cleanup 14 years ago of contaminants found in a well that supplies drinking water to residents of four […]

Read here about a lawsuit filed against a corn plant in Iowa because of significant pollution emitted from the plant.

Read here about a Pennsylvania sewage spill that occurred after workers accidentally drilled through a concrete pipe.

A new broker partner asked New Day to review a current Contractor’s Pollution Liability (CPL) policy for which the broker was competing for the Insured’s business. New Day’s analysis of the CPL policy revealed several deficiencies. Although coverages for the deficiencies may be available in the marketplace they were not included in the current policy. […]

New Day partnered with the retail broker and the insured to enhance an existing Contractor’s Protective Professional Indemnity (CPPI) policy. This teamed approach involved New Day and our broker partner meeting and working with the Insured on several contracting and coverage issues. New Day’s efforts included the following: Assessing the previous coverage Making recommendations on […]