environmental News
Chubb Expands Distribution Network for Environmental Products and Services
Chubb has broadened the availability of its premises pollution liability and other environmental insurance coverages and risk management solutions through an expanded distribution network. Chubb's ...
Helping Agricultural Businesses Manage Pollution Risks
Pollution poses a serious risk for agricultural businesses, but a new report from Chubb provides risk managers with tips on reducing those risks and addressing potential gaps in insurance coverage. ...
Ceres Analysis: How The Hartford Addresses Climate Risks and Seizes Opportunities
Companies that have been in existence for more than two centuries tend to be founded upon core values. In the business of insurance, which is predicated on the customer's trust that the insurer will ...
EPA to Require Health Data on Nano Versions of Chemicals in Use
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that the agency is proposing one-time reporting and recordkeeping requirements on nanoscale chemical substances in the marketplace. ...
Millions of Tons of Plastic Trash Clogging Oceans: Scientists
The world's oceans are clogged with plastic debris, but how much of it finds its way into the seas annually? Enough to place the equivalent of five grocery bags full of plastic trash on every foot ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Pollution Coverage
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announced Tuesday that it is expanding its U.S. casualty underwriting capabilities to include pollution exposures and has named Chuck Hasselback to head its ...
Doing Well and Doing Good: Zurich Insurance Group Commits to Invest up to $2B in Green Bonds
You have a choice between two investment-grade bonds, both yielding a return commensurate with risk. One bond provides funding to projects that help avoid over 450,000 tons of CO2 emissions ...
Allied World’s Sales Dip, Stock Drops
Allied World Assurance Co., the seller of aviation and environmental insurance, fell the most since February as second-quarter profit missed analysts' estimates amid a decline in sales. Allied ...