Source: https://www.westword.com/, April 1, 2026 By: Thomas Mitchell The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance made a splash last May with a “brand-new, state-of-the-art habitat” for sea lions, including a sixteen-foot viewing window, salt water pools and advanced filtration system. Less than one year later, that same exhibit has dealt with multiple leaks and cracked areas, rusty cages and hardware, […]

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/, March 30, 2026 The vast data centres that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people. […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, March 24, 2026 By: Caroline Claire Turtle, Wilson Elser A roofer for a sixty-five-townhome community is notified that the homeowners association of the townhome community has filed a claim alleging construction defects and resulting property damage related to the roofer’s scope of work. In the period between completion of the roofing work and the commencement […]

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, March 27, 2026 By: Sompo The scale of construction projects across North America has reached unprecedented levels. Data centers that once felt massive at $1.5 to $2 billion are now eclipsed by $30 billion mega projects, while industry professionals casually label $12 to $15 billion builds as “mini-megas”. Alongside this data center boom, […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, March 24, 2026 By: Matthew Lerner The acceleration in data center construction has drawn a robust response from the insurance sector, which is deploying billions in new insurance capacity, consolidating coverage for ease of administration to support ever-larger projects and establishing products and services directly targeting the sector. With the rapidly expanding use […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, March 26, 2026 By: Tez Romero Athens Services, a Southern California waste hauler, is suing AIG over denied pollution liability coverage and a PFAS exclusion it says should never have applied. The lawsuit, filed on March 24, 2026, in the US District Court for the Central District of California, accuses AIG Specialty Insurance Company of […]

Source: https://ehsleaders.org/, March 25, 2026 By: Lisa Whitley Coleman $668 million. That’s the price tag attached to a recent environmental enforcement settlement involving contamination in Seattle’s Lower Duwamish Waterway, and it offers a costly reminder of one of the most misunderstood environmental laws affecting U.S. businesses. In March 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, February 13, 2026 By: Bret Bush While the data center concept first took shape in the 1950s and 1960s, the growing number of large-scale data center construction projects currently underway across the US today are helping fuel the national economy. As more general contractors undertake these massive builds amid intense competition and pressure […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, March 17, 2026 By: Camille Joyce Lisay A US federal appeals court has ruled that regulatory permits allowing emissions do not override pollution exclusions in insurance policies, concluding that an insurer had no duty to defend claims tied to long-term hazardous emissions. In a decision issued by the United States Court of Appeals […]

Source: https://www.enr.com/, March 13, 2026 By: Richard Korman, Elaine Silver Eight of 15 designer liability insurers reported in a recent survey that they started charging higher rates in 2025, but five insurers kept them the same and two were actually lowered. Of those that raised rates, most sought increases of 5% or lower. In other […]

Source: https://www.thenewstribune.com/, March 11, 2026 By: Debbie Cockrell The Port of Tacoma is seeking to recoup millions of dollars in environmental cleanup costs over previous industrial contamination. The properties at issue are parcels at 1114 Taylor Way and 1202 Taylor Way, which the port acquired from PQ Corp. in 2008 for more than $8.5 million. […]

Source: https://environmentenergyleader.com/, March 5, 2026 By: Marybeth Collins Environmental liability has always been a factor in mergers and acquisitions. It is now a deal variable of a different order. What was once assessed as a manageable compliance cost — something to be indemnified, escrowed, or insured — is increasingly showing up post-close as a balance […]