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April 27, 2012

New Day Policy Review Results in Coverage Enhancements At Reduced Rate

New Day was asked by the retail broker to review the current combined professional liability/pollution liability policy for a large mechanical contracting client, suggest coverage enhancements and market the account at renewal to ensure that the client received the broadest coverage at the best price. The retail broker advised which carrier’s were previously approached for […]

April 27, 2012

EPA identifies 3 businesses possibly responsible for Black Leaf toxic waste cleanup

Source: http://www.courier-journal.com, April 26, 2012 By: James Bruggers The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified at least three businesses that may be responsible for cleaning up toxic waste at the former Black Leaf chemical site in Louisville’s Park Hill neighborhood, two of whom have agreed to work with the EPA to help make the property […]

April 27, 2012

Pollution exclusion applies to groundwater contamination claim

Source: Lexology, April 19, 2012 By: Michael E. Rigney, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY CO. V. VILLAGE OF CRESTWOOD (March 12, 2012) Crestwood, Illinois, a suburb outside of Chicago, uses both Lake Michigan and its own wells as sources for the water it supplies to its residents. A number of residents brought suit in […]

April 25, 2012

What’s All the Stink About? Pennsylvania Federal Court Holds That Pollution Exclusion Applies to Pig Farm Odors

Source: Sedgwick Insurance Law Blog, April 17, 2012 By: Stevi Raab In Travelers Prop. Cas. Co. of America v. Chubb Custom Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44756 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 30, 2012), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law, considered whether noxious odors emanating from a pig farm […]

April 25, 2012

DOJ: Freeport-McMoran To Pay $6.8M For Natural Resource Damage Claims

Dow Jones News Service, April 24, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Copper producer Freeport-McMoRan Corp. (FCX) and a subsidiary have agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle federal and state natural resource damage claims related to the Morenci copper mine in Arizona, the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior said. The complaint, which was […]

April 23, 2012

Bed bugs continue to pose big problems

Source: Dayton Daily News, April 22, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Complaints about bed bugs have significantly increased in Warren County in 2012 and have remained steady or increased in much of the Miami Valley this year as pest control specialists search for new methods of treatment and companies look for new products to test. Experts […]

April 23, 2012

DOJ sues site's owners Petroleum leaked at Bessemer location

Source: Birmingham News, April 19, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The U.S. Justice Department says current and former owners of an abandoned fuel storage facility in Bessemer failed to comply with state and federal environmental orders issued after petroleum leaked from the facility located near a creek, according to a civil lawsuit. The Justice Department filed […]

April 23, 2012

Aerojet, Boeing agree to $35 million settlement for Sacramento County groundwater contamination

Source: The Sacremento Bee, April 22, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Without fanfare, Sacramento County has reached a $35 million settlement with Aerojet-General Corp. and Boeing Co. to put to rest years of negotiations over the costs of replacing groundwater contaminated a half century ago in eastern Sacramento County. The agreement reached in October closes a […]

April 13, 2012

Most US Consumers Unfamiliar With Hydraulic Fracturing-Poll

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 10, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Despite having unleashed a natural gas supply boom that is transforming the U.S. energy landscape and receiving extensive attention from the media, the practice of hydraulic fracturing is unfamiliar to most consumers, according to a poll conducted by the University of Texas at Austin. […]

April 13, 2012

Great American Insurance Groups Environmental Division Announces Capacity Expansion

Source: Business Wire, April 12, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Great American Insurance Group’s Environmental Division is pleased to announce that it is now offering $35 million per occurrence/ $70 million policy aggregate limits of liability for its complete pollution product line. These expanded limits of liability will be offered on both a primary and an […]

April 13, 2012

Zoning Limits Halted in PA

Read here about a Pennsylvania judge who halted a section of a Marcellus Shale law that limits municipalities from regulating the natural gas exploration industry.

April 12, 2012

A Smart Approach to the Green Construction Marketplace

Source: Construction Business Owner, December 2011 By: Robert J. Connor, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC Establish expectations and carefully assess sustainable products to successfully complete LEED projects. The eco-friendly construction movement has become a powerful force that has spread throughout the world at an incredible speed and forced designers and contractors to either go green […]

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