Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, March 5, 2022 By: Joel Berg After years of a flat market, carriers are finally boosting premiums for contractors professional liability coverage, according to a 2022 market update by Chicago-based wholesale brokerage firm RT Specialty. That was one of the more prominent conclusions in the firm’s update, which examines the latest trends in environmental and […]

Source: https://madison.com/, March 4, 2022 By: Chris Hubbuch State officials say toxic “forever chemicals” have contaminated fish in one of southern Wisconsin’s premier fishing destinations. The Department of Natural Resources and Department of Health Services issued a health advisory Thursday warning anglers to limit consumption of trout from Black Earth Creek, a popular but vulnerable Class […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, March 4, 2022 By: Garret Ellison Authorities are “very confident” an underground storage tank filled with fuel oil that was found buried at a Wayne County steel factory has been causing the ongoing oil leak in the Huron River. Earlier this week, excavators unearthed a 10,000-gallon tank at Flat Rock Metal Inc., a […]

Source: https://www.enr.com/, February 25, 2022 By: Richard Korman As the Flint water negligence trial of two engineering firms began Feb. 15 in federal court in Ann Arbor, Mich., the legal proceedings served as another symbol—and perhaps one of the most costly—of lawsuits that may generate big insurance claims and are driving steadily higher liability coverage premiums […]

Source: https://www.greatlakesnow.org/, March 2, 2022 A federal trial is underway to decide if engineering firms that advised the city of Flint on water issues bear some responsibility for the city’s water crisis. The case involves four Flint children alleging permanent damage from drinking water contaminated with lead after the city stopped using Detroit’s water system […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, March 3, 2022 By: John Heft The good news is infrastructure in the U.S. has improved over the past several years. The bad news is that it still isn’t very good. The 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure recently released by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) found the nation’s infrastructure averaged a “C-,” which was the country’s […]

Source: https://www.wabe.org/, March 1, 2022 By: Molly Samuel Cleanup is ongoing at the site of a petroleum pipeline spill in Lawrenceville. According to company Kinder Morgan, its pipeline was shut down as of last week, but it is now repaired and back in service. The company says it estimates 420 gallons spilled near the Grayland […]

Source: https://www.thegleaner.com/, March 1, 2022 By: Michael Doyle The third meeting of Henderson’s PFAS Working Group on Monday afternoon was devoted to a presentation from a Shamrock Technologies representative. Mike Jussila, Shamrock’s director of manufacturing, laid out of a timeline of events from the point he said the company first noticed the problem of per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]

Source: https://patch.com/, March 1, 2022 By: Kate Fishman Bucks County filed a lawsuit against major manufacturers of PFAS Tuesday morning, the county commissioners and district attorney announced, saying that the companies endangered residents by failing to warn them about toxic chemicals in their products. PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl substances, have been used in many products including […]

Source: https://denver.cbslocal.com/, February 28, 2022 Colorado is suing 15 companies in an effort to try to force them to pay for cleaning up contamination caused by firefighting foam that contains long-lasting chemicals associated with serious health conditions. The lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in Denver by Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, names companies associated […]

Source: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/, February 28, 2022 By: Jared Strong Drinking water that is drawn from the Mississippi River by three Iowa cities has toxic chemicals that persist indefinitely in the environment, according to test results released last week by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Burlington, Davenport and Keokuk drinking water that goes to a combined […]

Source: https://www.wsmv.com/, February 23, 2022 By: Danielle Jackson Nearly a year since deadly flooding swept through Nashville. Mill Creek flooded, and tons of debris covered the creek along with parts of Whitsett Park. The cleanup process started last year after R.J. Schinner, a Nashville wholesale paper company, took responsibility for the plastic and other debris […]