Natural Disaster Seasons Are a Great Time to Talk Pollution Insurance 2016 NATURAL CATASTROPHES: Insured losses due to natural disasters in the United States in 2016 totaled $23.8 billion, according to Munich Re, more than the $16.1 billion total for 2015. Severe thunderstorms losses, at $14 billion, accounted for about 60 percent of the 2016 insured…
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Illegal Disposal of Waste
Illegal Disposal of Waste environmental Strategist®, between the lines: As we have reported in the past, illegal disposal of waste in the United States is some tens of billions of dollars a year industry. Besides the obvious environmental damage caused by illegal disposal of waste, it also poses a huge environmental exposure upon innocent third…