Source: http://www.timesunion.com, January 13, 2016 By: Brian Nearing Ex-Al Tech site needs more pollution cleanup now at public expense More than 15 years after announcing a “comprehensive” pollution cleanup plan at the sprawling former Al Tech Specialty Steel plant, the state has found more pollution, including toxic PCBs, than was first believed. And a multimillion-dollar […]

Source: http://www.swissre.com Offshore punitive wrap policies In the mid-1980s, Bermuda-based insurers not regulated by state insurance departments in the US began to offer policies to “fill the gap” created by the inconsistent treatment of insurability. These policies became known as off-shore punitive wraps. An off-shore punitive wrap policy fills the gap when the on-shore “wrapped” […]

Source: http://www.gazettextra.com, January 13, 2016 By: Elliot Hughes JANESVILLE—General Motors expects to complete its own evaluation of a contaminated portion of the Rock River near its defunct Janesville plant by May, a spokesperson said Wednesday. After that, the company will talk with the city of Janesville and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources—the lead agency […]

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com, January 13, 2016 By: Matt Ford The city’s public-health crisis grows after Michigan officials announce 10 people have died from the waterborne illness since 2014. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced Wednesday that Flint, Michigan, and the surrounding Genesse County have seen a spike in Legionnaires’ disease over the past year, killing 10 people […]

Source: http://www.cleveland.com, January 11, 2016 By: Brenda Cain MORELAND HILLS, Ohio – Even though the Sunoco gas station at the corner of Chagrin Boulevard and SOM Center Road is open again, the Sunoco corporation must clean up an old, unintentional gas spill. Bill Krugh, of the Ohio Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulation said soil […]

Source: http://www.texaslawyer.com, January 11,2 016 By: Miriam Rozen The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board produced this month a draft of proposed revisions to a 2015-issued report, and in it echoed Texas anti-fracking plaintiffs’ concerns about alleged water contamination. Specifically, the EPA’s advisory board draft review proposed that the federal agency revisit the contamination […]

Source: http://www.swissre.com Every risk manager wants to ensure that their company is protected from large claims, such as punitive damages, where claim values can be significant and highly variable. These awards can pose a catastrophic threat to the solvency of any corporation, and they’ve recently become more commonplace and excessive. As the name suggests, punitive […]

Source: http://www.aig.co.uk, Winter 2015 By: Stuart Sutherland As the recent bursting of a tailing dam owned by Brazilian mining joint venture Samarco unfortunately demonstrates, environmental pollution continues to be a major source of  concern for the (re)insurance market. Samarco, a 50/50 joint venture between BHP Billiton and Brazilian mining operator Vale, has already been fined […]

Source: Newsday (Melville, NY), January 10, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com State environmental officials have told the Town of Islip to cover the soccer field at Roberto Clemente Park with clean soil and create a plan to monitor for air and water pollution after an old landfill was discovered under the field during the cleanup of […]

Source: http://www.twincities.com, January 8, 2016 By: Sarah Horner Two St. Paul projects will get a little help from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. The redevelopment projects are among 14 statewide that will collectively receive $6.2 million in investigation and cleanup grant funding in 2016 from the state agency, according to information released […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com, January 8, 2016 By: Erin Golden Money will help fund cleanup on Minneapolis sites being turned into offices and more. Six Minneapolis development projects are set to get a combined $1.8 million in state funding for environmental investigation and cleanup work. The projects were selected, along with a dozen others around the state, […]

Source: http://www.newrochelletalk.com, January 11, 2016 NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is reviewing the Remedial Investigation Report for the Schmuckler’s Dry Cleaners site located at 358-364 North Avenue, New Rochelle, Westchester County. NYSDEC is reviewing the “Remedial Investigation Report” that was submitted by HNJ Realty. The report describes […]