Source: http://www.mlive.com, November 17, 2016 By: Ryan Stanton One of Ann Arbor’s most heavily polluted areas is getting renewed attention from federal regulators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is testing the indoor air at six homes in the vicinity of Armen Cleaners, a dry-cleaning business at 630 S. Ashley St., to determine whether releases of […]

Source: http://www.enr.com, November 2, 2016 By: Scott Van Voorhis and Richard Korman Are companies taking advantage of opportunity as premiums hit low points? Pollution insurance for contractors has never been cheaper, with prices down 50% in the past five years, say brokers and contractors. Even after AIG in January pulled out of the market for […]

Source: http://fox8.com, November 16, 2016 By: Kevin Freeman An outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease has left one person dead and sickened ten others in Lake County. County health officials have given the cooling towers at Consolidated Precision Products in Eastlake the all clear. Last month, they were inspected after one person who works there and one […]

Source: http://www.telegram.com, November 15, 2016 By: Debbie LaPlaca In a new report to state environmental regulators, Southbridge landfill operator Casella Waste Systems says an abandoned drum on a vacant H Foote Road property is a potential source of the well contamination plaguing the surrounding neighborhood. Casella, doing business as Southbridge Recycling & Disposal Park, announced […]

Source: http://www.traderplanet.com, November 11, 2016 Travelers Casualty Surety Co. and Continental Casualty Co. are among several insurers asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that could result in them covering as much as $500 million in environmental cleanup claims costs as part of a settlement agreement reached by Givaudan Fragrances […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, November 11, 2016 By: Shawn Moynihan Now that the building boom has presented a great deal of opportunity after years of limited activity, for construction companies and subcontractors looking to make the most of it more attention than ever must be paid to effective risk management practices that will not only save money […]

Source: http://www.inforum.com, November 3, 2016 By: Tu-Uyen Tran When construction workers were digging up a downtown parking lot on Roberts Street a few months ago, they found a couple of underground storage tanks that didn’t appear on any of their maps. One in the vicinity of the Carnegie Library, which stood at the site from […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, November 7, 2016 By: Raymond F.H. Bustamante, Berkley Construction Professional Underwriters, a W.R. Berkley Company Contractors’ professional liability (CPL) and pollution policies continue to grow in popularity as differing project delivery methods blur the lines between design and professional services in the changing construction industry. While the majority of the insurance forms most […]

Source: http://www.marinij.com, November 2, 2016 By: Stephanie Weldy Groundwater cleanup at Marinwood Plaza has stalled now that the state has rejected proposed plans to rid the shopping center of pollution left over from an old dry cleaning business. The state Regional Water Quality Control Board last week rejected a study exploring potential groundwater cleanup approaches […]

Source: http://www.tampabay.com, November 4, 2016 By: Richard Danielson For more than 50 years, a series of companies made electric cables and other products in a factory on E Hanna Avenue, leaving behind a toxic mix of petroleum, chlorinated solvents and lead in the soil and groundwater. Now, officials suspect trace levels of that contamination have […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, November 4, 2016 By: Jeffery M. Slivka, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC Contractors’ professional liability insurance (CPrL) has expanded greatly in recent years, both in the number of carriers offering the coverage and the depth of the coverage itself. Not long ago, a CPrL program was comprised simply of a professional liability coverage […]

Source: http://www.denverpost.com, November 2, 2016 By: Bruce Finley EPA backs more tests in Colorado A Pentagon team met leaders of Colorado communities whose water has been contaminated with a toxic chemical used to fight fuel fires — and a top official on Wednesday declared the Air Force will move aggressively nationwide, expecting to spend $250 […]