Dangerous Dust

The Problem: The tenant of a property owner/manager insured by XL Environmental complained of dust conditions in their work area. Sampling revealed that the dust was laden with heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium and lead).

The Response: To reduce the insured’s liability/damages and to return the tenant to its operations, XL Environmental Claims retained an environmental consultant/contractor to clean up the dust.

The insured’s Pollution and Remediation Legal Liability (PARLL) policy afforded coverage for investigation and remediation of the dust conditions.

The Benefit: XL Environmental Claims’ prompt retention of a qualified environmental consultant/contractor and coordination of the investigation and remediation minimized the disruption of the insured’s rental income.