Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, March 29, 2016 By: Gloria Gonzalez The U.S. Department of Labor has settled charges with a New York state real estate developer and management company related to exposure to lead and asbestos hazards for $700,000. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Wingdale, New York-based Olivet Management L.L.C., now known as Dover […]

Source: http://www.prnewswire.com, March 31, 2016 Chubb Advises on How to Manage New Exposures Created by Technology and Changing Business Models As construction contractors incorporate project design and digital technologies into their businesses, Chubb has issued an advisory to help them understand and manage emerging professional liability and privacy and network security exposures. Co-authored by two […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 31, 2016 By: Jordan W. Jacob, Berger Singerman LLP Property owners and landlords should be aware that if a tenant or others are injured as a result of poisoning from lead or other substances which are defined as “pollutants,” there is a good chance that your liability insurance policy does not provide […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, March 29, 2016 By: Gloria Gonzalez The U.S. Department of Labor has settled charges with a New York state real estate developer and management company related to exposure to lead and asbestos hazards for $700,000. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Wingdale, New York-based Olivet Management L.L.C., now known as Dover […]

Source: http://trib.com, March 29, 2015 By: Benjamin Storrow More than four years after he penned the explosive report linking fracking to contaminated drinking water outside of Pavillion, Domenic DiGiulio is releasing the study he always hoped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would: A rebuttal to the years of criticism levied against federal investigators. The study […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 26, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com U.S. Steel Corp. agreed to make fixes at its Clairton Coke Works to address ongoing air pollution problems as part of a settlement with Allegheny County that has already cost the company nearly $4 million in fines. Despite a series of amended agreements between the Downtown-based […]

Source: http://www.bna.com, March 21, 2016 By: Peter Hayes A pollution exclusion relieves an insurer of the duty to defend claims that a child ingested lead-based paint in a rental property owned by the policyholder, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled March 21. Lead-based paint unambiguously qualifies as an excluded “pollutant” under an absolute pollution exclusion in […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, March 27, 2016 By: Caitlin Mota With a majority of city schools over 80 years old, Jersey City schools are “classic candidates” for lead problems, according to a report. In 2006, 2008, and again in 2012, elevated levels of lead were found in drinking fountains in city schools, but officials did not “chart […]

Source: http://www.pressconnects.com, March 28, 2016 By: Tom Wilber A plan to transform urban decay in Johnson City into a thriving college campus is a tale of ruin and renewal. Much of the story has focused on the renewal, featuring Binghamton University’s $100 million nursing and pharmacy campus to anchor a cultural and professional district near UHS Wilson […]

By: Jefferey S. Lejfer, New Day underwriting Managers LLC As we move into 2016 we wanted to bring you some things that we’re hearing about trends in the construction industry and related risk liability for this year. (Finally!) Growth Construction-related firms that managed to weather the 2008 recession are starting to see a return to […]

Source: http://www.wkyt.com, March 17, 2016 By: Victor Puente SHARPSBURG, Ky. (WKYT) – An environmental cleanup crew spent hours at a wreck Thursday morning after a semi went into a Bath County creek. The director of Bath County’s Emergency Management Agency, Jason York, said it wasn’t the size of that truck that was the problem, it […]

Source: http://www.pe.com, March 15, 2016 By: Alicia Robinson A contaminated former sewer plant site in Riverside will be safe for homebuilding after another environmental cleanup, and the site poses no health risk, state officials say. But the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, which is overseeing the work, still faces distrust from residents and some […]