Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel, October 26, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The scope of Broward County’s sick-building problems expanded Tuesday, as employees in the county courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale said that even the portions of the court complex that are not slated for demolition are unsuitable for working. They asked to be moved out. […]

Source: http://www.rmmagazine.com, November 1, 2016 By: Caroline McDonald The economic recession and a burgeoning shale oil and gas industry have taken their toll on the construction industry and led to the exodus of many experienced workers, according to the Chubb report Contractors Pollution Liability Coverage—An Integral Part of Every Project. While the construction industry is […]

Source: Best’s Review, November 2016 By: Lori Chordas Insurers are becoming big investors in public-private partnerships designed to fund the revitalization of America’s aging infrastructure. American infrastructure is in dire  straits. Public spending on aging assets—such as structurally deficient bridges, congested roads and deteriorating schools and waste treatment plants— has fallen to its lowest level […]

Source: http://wspa.com, October 26, 2016 By: Diane Lee The mold problem at the Spartanburg County Courthouse is not over. That’s the concern of the Clerk of Court, who says employees are worried the remediation has not cleaned up all the mold. The remediation was supposed to have wrapped up in late September, but just last […]

Source: http://www.kpvi.com, October 26, 2016 The state’s department of environmental equality wants Bannock County to investigate increasing ground water contamination at the Fort Hall Mine Landfill. It’s a problem the county has been dealing with for about 25 years. But Idaho’s Department of Environmental Quality wants to tackle the rising contamination problem as early as […]

By: Jefferey S. Lejfer, CPCU, Chief Executive Officer, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC I’m about to celebrate my 42nd year in the insurance industry.  In that time I have seen quite a few ups and downs.  Anecdotally it seems that we are in a constant state of a “down” market with rate erosion and increased […]

Source: http://www.marinij.com, October 21, 2016 By:   Richard Halstead Forty loads of contaminated soil must be trucked out of San Anselmo because the earth beneath a commercial property along the Ross border contains toxic chemicals, state authorities said. The groundwater also will have to be treated at the .32-acre parcel at 4 and 8 Bolinas Ave. […]

Source: http://thedailynews.cc, October 20, 2016 By: Elisabeth Waldon The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is working to fix contamination from leaking storage tanks underground at a former gas station. The property at 15350 W. Howard City-Edmore Road (M-46) sits on two long neglected acres in Winfield Township, better known as Amble. The property went into […]

Source: http://www.fox4news.com, October 20, 2016 By: Lori Brown,Vicki Chen A FOX 4 Investigation has uncovered that Dallas ISD’s newest school is built on contaminated land. The contamination at Jose “Joe” May Elementary School in Northwest Dallas is serious enough that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has stepped in to oversee cleanup of the […]

Source: http://www.stltoday.com, October 20, 2016 By: Bryce Gray A letter from Missouri Department of Natural Resource officials has outlined numerous sources of groundwater contamination at Bridgeton Landfill and has requested that the site’s operator, Republic Services, pursue “corrective measures” to mitigate the impact of an underground fire smoldering within the landfill, while continuing environmental monitoring efforts. Based […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, October 19, 2016 New York is offering free blood tests for residents of a Hudson Valley city where the water supply was contaminated with a toxic chemical in fire-fighting foam used at a nearby Air National Guard base. State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker announced Monday that testing in Newburgh will begin on Nov. […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, October 18, 2016 By: Garret Ellison A Novi-based gas station operator must reimburse the state $100,000 and submit detailed cleanup plans for 21 sites where leaking fuel storage tanks are or threatening to pollute soil and groundwater. The judicial consent order announced this week by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality gives Knight […]