Category: Risk Management

Jun 17 2010 Jeff Gillies A recent study of parking lots by Purdue University came up with the following information on parking lots impact upon our environment. Parking lots can soup up stream-bound rainwater with pollutants like oil and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, according to another Purdue parking lot study. Some pavement sealants have…

Environmental Strategist, between the lines: Brownfields are economic multipliers that offer great opportunities for insurance professionals. The report below will give you an overview of what has been accomplished by a few cities. Considering we have millions of Brownfield sites in our country and no matter where you live you have Brownfields in your marketing…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: If you have participated in one of our environmental risk management and insurance seminars you know we tell you that ERMI’s research shows that roughly 50% of Phase I studies are inaccurate. To support this research, a few years ago ASTM (the group that developed the Phase I and Phase…

McDonald’s pulls 12M cadmium-tainted “Shrek” glasses

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…