Skip Navigation

ACE

Products by Category

ACE ExpressSM Premises Pollution Liability

The ACE ExpressSM Premises Pollution Liability Policy offers solutions to commercial or industrial property owners and developers for pollution conditions that are usually not covered by commercial general liability policies. Standard commercial general liability policies exclude meaningful portions of pollution coverage. Often there is little or no coverage for remediation costs for gradual pollution incidents or for remediation costs driven by regulatory proceedings. ACE Express Premises Pollution Liability can fill that gap.

Benefits:

  • Protection against pollution risks when general liability policies may not respond
  • Coverage on an admitted basis in 41 states
  • Quick turnaround on quotes through web-based submission process
  • Short application

Coverage:

  • New conditions premises pollution liability coverage for gradual pollution problems, including both first- and third-party environmental liabilities
  • Remediation costs incurred in response to claims by governmental agencies
  • Third-party bodily and property damage claims, or remediation costs arising from pollution conditions on, at, or emanating from, insured location
  • Legal costs necessary to defend covered claims
  • Claims seeking natural resource damages
  • Coverage is not tied to named perils
  • Can be modified by endorsement to cover:
    • Coverage for pollution conditions resulting during the transportation of the insured's wastes or products
    • Coverage for claims arising from pollution conditions resulting from and insured's wastes being disposed at scheduled non-owned disposal sites during policy period
    • Coverage for mold-related claims; up to 5 years of historical conditions coverage via  retroactive date provision
    • Identified additional insureds

Minimums & Limits

  • Minimum self-insured retention: $10,000
  • Minimum premium: $5,000
  • Limits available up to $10 million per/$10 million aggregate, inclusive of defense costs

Target Client

Target Client:

  • Any commercial or industrial facility with actual, perceived, current, historic or future risk of pollution-related issues
  • Companies with up to 50 locations.
  • Banks
  • Car and truck dealerships
  • Commercial retail
  • Construction yards
  • Country clubs
  • Environmental businesses
  • Hospitality
  • Laboratories/R&D
  • Light industrial
  • Offices
  • Owners of contaminated properties
  • Public entities
  • Real estate developers
  • Schools/colleges/universities
  • Warehousing

 

Restricted Industries:

  • Disposal, recycling and waste treatment operations
  • Mining and reclamation operations
  • Livestock ranching, fowl hatcheries and packing plants
  • Oil refining, pipeline and distribution operations
  • Heavy manufacturing
  • Chemical manufacturing and chemical distributors

Forms / Applications

Document Name Size Date
EZ PPL Policy Specimen.pdf 123 KB 04/28/2011
ACE Express PPL Application.doc 80 KB 04/28/2011