Source: BestWire Services, February 28, 2011 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com The appointment by Beazley plc of an environmental risk underwriter at Lloyd’s reflects what the group expects to be the growth of this sector beyond its core North American market. “This move is being seen as a natural progression in the development of our global environmental offering,” […]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA), February 26, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Just a week after repealing a policy requiring an environmental assessment of Marcellus Shale gas well permit proposals in state parks, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced it is suspending and reconsidering key air pollution controls governing the drilling industry. The latest policy […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, February 25, 2011 Rates for architects and engineers professional liability insurance, which have been stable, are expected to go up this year, a new study reports. A number of leading insurance companies offering this coverage expect to raise premium rates in 2011 up to 10 percent on average for both renewals and new […]

Source: The Times Tribune, Scranton, PA, February 24, 2011 By: Steve McConnell A $4.3 million toxic mold jury verdict in October involving two homeowners, their ruined “dream” home, a North Pocono township and a private contractor remains buried in litigation. More money, or a lengthy appeals process, could be at stake, according to recent court […]

Source: Risk and Insurance, February 22, 2011 By: Dan Reynolds, senior editor of Risk & Insurance Carriers look to “mine” coverage for smaller contractors and subcontractors working to uncork Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale natural gas reserves. The natural gas trapped in the shale layers running from below the Finger Lakes in New York to western Virginia […]

Source: BestWire Services, February 22, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Insurers could be facing a test of their pollution exclusions as the complex multidistrict litigation involving allegedly defective Chinese drywall moves forward. Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana rejected eight commercial general liability insurers’ contention that the […]

Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA), February 23, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The owner of 20 Jiffy Lube stores in Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties has paid a $130,000 fine for violating environmental regulations, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced. Jiffy Lubes owned by M.C. LLC failed to mark and label tanks […]

Source: The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR February, 22, 2011 By: Christian Wihtol A Goshen storage facility says PCB-laced waste from a Eugene recycler forced it to shut down for months A waste oil storage facility in Goshen has been shut down for months because of contamination with toxic PCBs, and the facility’s operator is suing a […]

Source: Lawyers USA, February 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A toxic tort plaintiff could not sue an engineering firm for failing to make a public disclosure of beryllium contamination at a chemical plant near her home, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in affirming a summary judgment. The plaintiff lived near a beryllium plant for […]

Source: http://www.bergerlagnese.com, The Law Offices of Berger & Lagnese, July 29, 2010 Earlier today an incident at the Sewickley Wastewater Treatment Plant has resulted in one death, and reportedly three others injured. The death and injuries appear to have happened when they were working in a hole or shaft at the plant and may have […]

Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), February 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A study of the air quality around natural gas drilling sites near Fort Worth schools found significantly high levels of the pollutant carbon disulfide, a committee of the Fort Worth League of Neighborhoods Association reported Thursday night. Among the committee’s recommendations are that wells […]

Source: Times Union (Albany, NY), February 18, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A $150 million lawsuit against a natural gas drilling company in Chemung County is being billed as the first in modern memory against drillers for allegedly polluting ground water, according to a New York City law firm. The suit, filed Feb. 10 in state […]