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Comprehensive Environmental Coverage at Namaste Insurance Agency in San Leandro, CA

Today, more significant risk exposure comes from environmental liabilities that are likely not insured under standard liability insurance and property programs. Contact Namaste Insurance Agency in San Leandro, CA to learn more about where your environmental liability may be and how to mitigate the exposures and close coverage gaps.

What is Environmental Insurance?

Environmental insurance (pollution insurance or pollution coverage) covers loss or damages resulting from unexpected releases of pollutants typically excluded in general liability and property insurance policies. The losses or damages covered by environmental insurance usually arise from claims against insureds for bodily injury, property damage, cleanup costs, and business interruption.

Standard general liability and property insurance policies exclude most pollution losses, with few exceptions, such as smoke from an out-of-control fire or fumes from a faulty heating or air-conditioning system.

What does Environmental Insurance cover?

Genuine environmental insurance needs to have an insuring agreement that provides specific coverage for losses arising from the release or escape of pollutants. At a minimum, the insurance coverage will apply to losses arising from:

  • Bodily injury (mirrors and sometimes enhances the definition used in the general liability (GL) policy)
  • Property damage (mirrors and sometimes enhances the definition used in the GL policy)
  • Cleanup expenses (usually as required by environmental laws with available enhancements by class of business)
  • Defenses costs (traditionally included within the limit of liability)

Common optional coverages include:

  • Non-owned waste disposal sites
  • Transportation of pollutants as cargo
  • Business interruption
  • Loss of rents
  • Extra expense
  • Reputational damage
  • Midnight dumping on insured locations
  • Coverage for fungi/bacteria as defined pollutants
  • Amended definitions of cleanup costs for contaminants that are not regulated as hazardous materials (fungi/bacteria)
  • Reputational damages

Why a business needs Environmental Insurance

Most businesses have general liability that protects them against claims of slander, libel, bodily injury, and property damage. What general liability does not protect your business from is a scenario where it accidentally exposes customers or the environment to pollutants. The costs of pollution as a negative externality can be high for a business. There is the ethical cost of endangering people’s lives, but this also comes with legal and monetary expenses. Environmental liability can protect your company from the high fees of cleanups, lawsuits, and other costs that pollution-related accidents have.

Shifting coverage for pollution losses from the standard GL policy to the environmental liability policy has marked a significant change in commercial insurance over the past forty years. The difference is attributable to America’s growing sensitivity to environmental concerns and insurers’ growing understanding of the potential exposure.

For comprehensive Environmental Insurance tailored to your needs in San Leandro, CA, contact Namaste Insurance Agency. We can help you choose the best coverage options to protect your business from potential pollution-related risks. Call us today to learn more about Environmental Insurance.

Already have Environmental Insurance? Switching is easy

It might be time to switch insurers whenever your existing insurer's service doesn't meet your needs. For example, it might be time to consider other options if you have poor claims experience or an unexplained rate increase.

If you cancel a previous policy before a new policy is effective, you could run into some serious financial problems.

Contact us today to help you with multiple options to choose from.
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We extend coverage to individuals and businesses in San Leandro, CA and surrounding areas.
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