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# March 14, 2017: China Pushes Smog Cover, Starr Needs to Cover Beechwood and Balking at JPMorgan's Bond Claim
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/march-14-2017-china-pushes-smog-cover-starr-needs-cover-beachwood-balking-jpmorgans-bond-claim/
- Published: 2017-03-14T08:38:24.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-14T09:24:50.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

[Starr Must Cover Costs Of Govt. Probes, Reinsurer Says](https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/900762/starr-must-cover-costs-of-govt-probes-reinsurer-says?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
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Starr has wrongly denied coverage to Beechwood Re for costs it faced in response to the collapse of hedge fund manager Platinum Partners.

[Pollution Liability Insurance Plan Gets Government Push](http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-03/14/content%5F40453728.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*China Daily*  
China is quickening the pace of putting together its compulsory environmental pollution liability insurance implementation plan.

[British Scientists Face a ‘Huge Hit’ if the US Cuts Climate Change Research *The Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/14/british-scientists-us-climate-change-research-trump?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
Academics fear Donald Trump’s environmental policy may put an end to key data from US agencies.

[JPMorgan’s Risky Bonds Plan Lost Billions, Insurers Claim](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-13/jpmorgan-faces-off-against-insurers-in-trial-over-mortgage-bonds?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Bloomberg*  
“They saw steadily increasing risks and bad news and they did nothing in response.”

[Disaster Risk Reduction: An Insurance Policy For Sustainable Development](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/development-unplugged/disaster-risk-reduction%5Fb%5F15332116.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Huffington Post*  
Leaders need to ensure that disaster risk reduction is fully integrated into Canada’s development and humanitarian programming.