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 […]

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 […]