Before we can discuss the necessary insurance coverage for Brownfields, let’s clarify what these sites are.
Brownfields development sites generally are unsightly abandoned, unoccupied or underused industrial and business property that has not expanded due to genuine or supposed pollution or contamination.
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Contamination may have occurred at the time substances once thought to be harmless and lawfully permissible were released into the soil but presently are believed to be toxic.
Over time, a growing amount of safe materials have been designated as hazardous. These include gasoline that contains lead, as well as radon, rendering numerous long-standing sites contaminated.
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Mortgage companies, financiers and commercial corporate owners often let taxes on their brownfield sites to go unpaid with the intent of letting local municipality eventually taking control of the properties. As a result, various states have created legislature that permits a specific extent of contaminants to linger following a property cleanup. Related bylaws focus on the requirement for those involved to reinstate the site to functional use whilst shielding them from liability risks.
Property owners and managers, as well as property sellers can purchase an associated insurance package with coverage that will protect them from the following:
- Remediation Stop Loss
- Remaining Contaminants after the Cleanup
- 3rd-party liability
- Cleanup Business’s Environmental Harm Liability
- Uninterrupted Tasks as a Continuing Business
To discuss related insurance and the variety of available limits, please call the experts at Prime.
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Summary: Prime Insurance explains insurance for the Brownfields development site in this quick synopsis.
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