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A growing number of livestock producers are discovering manure compost as a new cash crop. When Mark Meyer refers to the “magic” at New Day Farms, he isn’t referring to the liquid egg products generated by more than 2.5 million laying hens. Rather, Meyer, the environmental manager at the Ohio facility, is talking about the…

Environmental Strategist, between the lines: Part of our ERMI “Environmental Hot Topics To Drive Your Growth and Profits” we strategize on the tremendous opportunities Brownfields create for insurance agents. In my little county, Leelanau, (population 24,000) they have received two grants in excess of $1,200,000 to be used for identifying brownfields. Brownfields are like an…

Making Concrete The Color Of Money November 1, 2010 Boston, MA – Cement and concrete for decades have been regarded as the antithesis of all that’s green and growing, which is no surprise. The building and construction industry uses about 2.9 billion tonnes of cement and 30 billion tonnes of concrete every year, making them…

Contractors will not be able to work in pre-1978 homes after April 22, 2010 without lead paint certification! A new Federal Law set forth by the EPA requires training certification for any contractor involved in any construction activity that will or has the potential to disturb lead based paint. The new EPA rule will directly…

A federal jury in Utica, New York has found Syracuse-based Certified Environmental Services, Inc (CES), two of its managers, and one of its employees guilty of conspiracy and fraud relating to violations of the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act was put in place by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect citizens from…

In follow up to the information I emailed on the new Washington state law requiring environmental disclosure on commercial property transactions I received the following question/s from one of our agents. Email from Agent: Chris, What is the average cost of this type of insurance? What is the rate based on? Is it something the…

We are currently working on an oil and gas distributor that is written with the direct writer Federated Insurance. As most of you know Federated has a special program for this class of business. What is interesting on the account we are working on is how poorly written the pollution coverage is that is placed…

What is a pollutant? Any material, substance, product, etc… which is introduced into an environment for other than its intended use / purpose. Fresh water, cheese, and milk have all been classified as pollutants by Insurance Carriers under various circumstances. What pollutants are impacting your clients? Ever y business is impacted by environmental exposures… If…

Below is a list of Environmental Hot Topics we know impact a variety of your insured’s and prospects. I would like to schedule a time of about 20 minutes where I can call and review this with you. The purpose of the call is to point out areas of environmental opportunity we have identified in…

EPA will propose rule to protect waterways by reducing mercury from dental offices / existing technology is available to capture dental mercury (DC) Source: US EPA – Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced it intends to propose a rule to reduce mercury waste from dental offices. Dental amalgams, or fillings…