All Historic Liabilities articles
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AnalysisStorms are getting stronger - and risk managers must prepare
Reinsurance broker Lockton Re has published a report on climate change and hurricane trends.
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Online onlyLandmark ruling in Total Erika case
The ruling sets a legal precedent in France for the right to compensation for environmental damages
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Online onlyFlorida subpoenas property insurers over high rates
PCI blames ‘huge’ and ‘growing’ risk from storms in the region
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Online onlyCompanies face widening exposure to liability for environmental losses
Law firm warns of changing environmental liability/insurance landscape
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Online onlyBP to pay record fine for air violations: EPA
BP has been fined over $60m and will spend approximately $400m on upgrades following environmental violations in Texas and Alaska
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Industrial pollution still on the rise, says EU report
Environment Commissioner urges member states to do more to tackle industrial pollution
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Roundtables
Roundtable
Environmental Risks RoundtablePierre Sonigo, Group and Environmental Risk Manager, Alcan, Chaired the discussionHans Brandt, Corporate Risk and Insurance Manager, Veolia TransportAdrian Clements, Senior Insurance Risk Manager, Arcelor Insurance Consultants, Arcelor-Mittal GroupPeter Joy, Head of Research, Newsquest Specialist MediaTomasz Miazek, Risk Insurance Manager, Telekomunikacja PolskaDidier Mellaerts, Risk Manager, Umicore ...
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Roundtables
Executive Summary
Environmental liability risks are an important concern for Europe’s industrial base
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Analysis
Environmental claims increase
Environmental claims are increasing in terms of both frequency and magnitude of loss, and this trend looks set to continue, according to insurers surveyed in the latest Willis Index for Environmental
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Features
Gas industry rocked by contaminated land case
Anna Rabin says that the High Court's decision in a landmark contaminated land case has significant implications.
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Features
AUDIT AND SCREEN
Alan Hambidge examines the concepts and benefits of risk management audits and risk screens in connection with managing asbestos
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Features
The reality of US-style litigation
Commentators have sounded the alarm that the UK is on the verge of a tidal wave of asbestos litigation Is this speculation accurate and, if so, how should companies respond? Terry Budd, Jane Harte-Lov
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Features
Taking the long view
Asbestos has emerged as a problem of horrendous proportions Alan Hambidge advocates a systematic long-term approach to asbestos risk management, particularly for those with large property portfolios.
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Features
Asbestos Update
Over 100 years after it was first publicly revealed in a UK parliamentary report to be hazardous to health, asbestos has made an unwelcome return to the top of organisations' risk registers, says Neil
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Features
Focusing On Sustainable Investment
Philippe Spicher describes what the SiRi Group is doing to research and evaluate companies' social and environmental records
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Features
Mould Management
Toxic mould may not emerge as the same threat in Europe as it is in the US, but risk managers need to be prepared warns Karl Nann
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Features
When the inspector calls
The contaminated land regime is now heading into an important phase. Risk management principals are at the core of the new legislation, says Sue Cooley
