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Site Pollution Liability

Supporting faster response and recovery when pollution occurs. Site Pollution Liability supports timely response and remediation, helping limit real‑world impacts on people, communities, ecosystems and livelihoods, while managing the consequences of contamination exposures.

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What we offer

Key Coverages

  • Covered location pollution legal liability - new and existing pollution conditions (bodily injury, property damage, cleanup costs, natural resource damage, claim expenses with first party discovery and/or third party coverage trigger)
  • Transportation pollution legal liability (coverage for third party carriers and insured as carrier, and includes coverage for inbound and outbound waste, materials, goods or products)
  • Non-owned disposal site pollution legal liability and non-owned location coverage (non-owned storage, warehousing or distribution centers), both onsite and offsite coverage
  • Coverage for known pollution conditions disclosed in the application, subject to underwriting
  • Coverage for pass-through contamination migrating to and/or through a covered location from an offsite source  

Additional Coverages

  • Coverage for illicit abandonment
  • Coverage for crisis management expenses
  • Coverage for reputation management expenses 
  • Civil fines and penalties, punitive and exemplary damages where insurable by law
  • Coverage for cleanup of asbestos and lead-based paint in any soil, watercourse/body of water or in groundwater
  • Blanket coverage for divested locations
  • Automatic 90-day extended reporting period (ERP) and right to purchase additional ERP
  • Definition of pollution condition includes medical infectious and pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste and material, Legionella and microbial matter (i.e., fungus or mold)
  • Definition of property damage includes diminished value and natural resource damage
  • Definition of bodily injury includes medical monitoring, mental anguish and emotional distress
  • Definition of cleanup costs includes restoration costs and allows for participation in voluntary cleanup programs 

Who we can help

Owners, operators, developers and lenders with environmental liability exposures.

Industry classes considered

  • Agricultural
  • Brownfields
  • Chemical
  • Commercial
  • Educational
  • Golf courses/resorts/recreation
  • Habitational
  • Healthcare
  • Industrial
  • Landfills
  • Manufacturing
  • Municipalities
  • Rail yards
  • Recycling
  • Retail
  • Storage tanks
  • TSDs
  • Transportation
  • Warehousing and distribution 
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Where is this offered

Worldwide

The Beazley Difference

  • Expert underwriters with technical backgrounds and hands-on experience in the field
  • Deep understanding of environmental exposures
  • A global underwriting team that works collaboratively with brokers an insureds
  • A focus on complex and hard to place risks
  • Consistent appetite which is broader than most other insurers
  • Bespoke policy wordings for the client’s industry and environmental needs
  • Dedicated claims managers to work with clients throughout the entire claims process

Your Beazley Team

Jenny Han

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Jenny Han

Focus Group Leader - Environmental

San Francisco, CA, USA

+1 (415) 263 4073

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Nicholas Pearson

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Nicholas Pearson

Underwriter - Environmental

London, UK

+44 (0)20 7674 7141

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Julienne Ly

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Julienne Ly

Underwriter - Environmental, Specialty Lines

Paris, France

+33 170 81 5940

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Yanis Merabtine

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Yanis Merabtine

Underwriter - Environmental

Paris, France

+33 1 53 42 32 73

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