The only thing worse than your client not having any environmental insurance protection when they experience a pollution event is finding out the environmental policy you placed for them will not cover the claim. Environmental policies are unlike any other and present a coverage minefield to the uninitiated. PBC's Environmental Division has the knowledge and experience to understand your clients’ pollution risk and assure that they receive the correct coverage.

  • Environmental Overview
  • Risks & Exposures
  • Product Guide

An inaccurate application response, a few additional or missing words hidden in a stack of endorsements or a single document innocently missing from your submission can easily lead to a claim denial. If you are like most agents that aren’t really experts when it comes to pollution insurance, then you should not be putting your agency at risk of making a mistake that can ruin a customer relationship and trigger a major E&O claim. 

Our goal is to deliver our resources and capabilities to the agent and insured in whatever fashion that fits the circumstances. In some cases, agents involve us in direct discussions with clients and/or their professional advisers in order to address questions and develop strategies on individuals’ transactions and insurance programs.

Our core objective is to make certain our agents and brokers enable their clients and prospects to make fully informed business decisions concerning environmental risk and insurance.

Click the links provided below for examples of environmental risks and exposures for various commonly served industries:

If there are any specific business sectors for which you need an exposure guide and or any other materials describing environmental risk or insurance, please contact John Butler at 212-338-2941 or [email protected].

 


  • Contractors Pollution Liability: The policy covers all types of contractors for claims made against them arising from pollution conditions caused by its operations on and or off the work site. Available on a project-specific basis, including as a wrap-up (OCIP or CCIP).
  • Contractors Pollution & Professional Liability: Combines Contractors Pollution Liability and Professional Liability coverage in a single policy for general and trade contractors, construction managers, and design-build professionals.
  • Fixed-Site General Liability & Pollution Liability Package: Combines General Liability and Pollution Liability coverage in a single policy for fixed sites. The program also adds products pollution liability coverage. Follow Form Excess also available. Auto coverage may be available as a supporting line for some risk classes from select markets.
  • Environmental Contractors and Consultants General Liability, Pollution Liability & Professional Liability Package: Combines General Liability, Pollution and Professional Liability coverages in a single policy. Follow Form Excess is also available. Auto and/or Workers Comp coverage may be available as supporting lines for some risk classes.
  • Environmental Lender Impairment Liability: Protects lenders of in cases of borrower default and pollution conditions on a mortgaged property.
  • Site Pollution Legal Liability: Covers cleanup costs, and third-party claims for bodily injury and property damage resulting from pollution conditions on, at, or migrating from an insured property. This form accommodates a widespread group of industries ranging from manufacturers to real estate ownership and management.
  • Storage Tank Liability: Covers cleanup and third party claims including defense for pollution releases from a covered storage tank system: tailored to meet Federal and State financial assurance requirements.

Contact Us

Our experts are here to help you.

For more information contact one of our Environmental experts or submit a general inquiry.

John Butler
Senior Vice President, Environmental Division

212-338-2941

[email protected]

Patrick Criscuola
Assistant Vice President

212-338-2970

[email protected]