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Environmental Liability Products
Overview
ACE Environmental Risk products provide worldwide environmental liability insurance for U.S.-based companies that have domestic and foreign operations or exposures. Our products include Global Premises Pollution Liability (GPPL) and Contractors Pollution Liability (CPL) with Errors and Omissions coverage (E&O).
Global Premises Pollution Liability Insurance (GPPL) provides coverage for worldwide environmental liabilities arising from foreign operations and subsidiaries, including:
- Broad range of pollution liability protection for gradual as well as sudden and accidental first- and third-party environmental liabilities, including liabilities encountered in mergers and acquisitions, claims for natural resource damages or biodiversity damages, mold-related claims, transportation and disposal of wastes or products
- Ability to tailor policy through endorsements and manuscripted language to meet the specific client needs, including: business interruption and soft costs, known conditions and acquired and divested properties
- Limits available up to $50 million per claim/aggregate
- Minimum self-insured retention: $10,000
Contractors Pollution Liability / Errors & Omissions (CPL/E&O) provides coverage for pollution liability for gradual as well as sudden and accidental third-party environmental liabilities arising out of covered operations, including:
- Claims made or Occurrence triggers available
- Coverage for sudden and accidental pollution events
- Mold coverage available on a claims-made basis
- Transportation (Auto/watercraft) included
- Emergency Response internal expenses covered
- Coverage available for Non Owned Disposal liability
- No exclusions for construction defect or water intrusion
- Errors & Omissions coverage available for claims arising out of errors and omissions while performing covered professional services
- Limits available up to $25 million per claim/aggregate
- Minimum self-insured retention: $10,000 ($25,000 for mold-related; $15,000 E&O)
ACE Environmental Risk global products target:
- Stakeholders in any commercial, retail, multi-tenant residential or industrial facility including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Owners, sellers or prospective purchasers of properties
- Purchasers/investors/developers of contaminated properties including Brownfields
- Environmental consultants, and construction managers
- General contractors and trade contractors
- ACE Environmental Risk global products go well beyond traditional insurance to help clients identify potential risks and to provide hands-on management for those liabilities through conclusion. Our environmental solutions provide coverage for on-going operations against catastrophic pollution losses. We also can provide coverage for the redevelopment of contaminated sites and assist in satisfying regulatory insurance requirements for storage tanks or hazardous waste facilities.
- ACE offers Environmental Risk global products through a dedicated team of over 50 underwriting specialists who are deployed throughout the U.S. These experts handle and coordinate multinational programs that are tailored to meet our clients’ global goals, including risk transfer and funding solutions that minimize bottom line impacts. Our multinational programs are delivered through a global network of environmental specialists with indigenous legal, regulatory and consulting expertise.
- ACE Environmental Risk multinational clients have access to Hygienetics Environmental
Services, Inc., a global environmental consulting firm and subsidiary of ESIS, Inc.,
ACE’s risk management services company. Their services include:
- Customized environmental risk control/minimization service plans
- Supplemental risk management programs
- Engineering services, including: Spill Plan Development, Crisis Management, Environmental Audits, Water Intrusion/Mold Plan Development, Due Diligence Program Evaluation, Lead & Asbestos Management Plan Development/Program Management and Training
For more information about the ACE Environmental Risk products and to contact the ACE Environmental Risk specialist in your region, go to www.aceusa.com, or contact:
William Hazelton, Senior Vice President
646 458-5926
william.hazelton@acegroup.com
Jon Peeples, GPPL
303 256-1770
jon.peeples@acegroup.com
Gary Rojewski, CPL/E&O
215 640-5919
gerry.rojewski@acegroup.com
Craig Richardson, Field Operations
678 795-4388
craig.richardson@acegroup.com
© 2010 The ACE Group of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies. This is a product and service summary. Products are underwritten by insurance company subsidiaries of ACE Limited. Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions and is subject to actual policy language. Non insurance products and services may be provided by independent third parties.
