Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured purchased a Pollution and Remediation Legal Liability Policy for a real estate portfolio comprised of commercial sites. At one insured location, there was an incident involving a mechanical failure in the control cabinet of an elevator car. The mechanical failure of the elevator car caused a capacitor […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured purchased a property formerly used as an independent testing facility for a wide range of aerospace, military and commercial purposes. The insured’s intention was to re-sell the property to a developer for residential housing. Litigation was filed by more than 90 nearby residents claiming bodily injury […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured entered into a transaction to sell an office building to a developer. The property was previously used as a newspaper/printing operation. As the potential buyer of the property, the developer had environmental studies done on the property. During the studies, trichloroethylene (TCE) was discovered in the soil […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured facility manufactured medical diagnostic and scientific instruments for more than 50 years. Our insured was consolidating its operations and moving the facility to another of their locations. Our insured conducted a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment on the property in anticipation of selling the property. A […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured, a battery manufacturing plant, closed its operations after operating at a property for 50 years. Buildings on the insured’s site were demolished and lead soil remediation was completed. Subsequently, while preparing their property for sale, an adjacent property owner discovered lead contamination. The highest soil concentrations […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured, a gas station, was contacted by the county health department following an odor/taste complaint by a customer who had purchased a beverage from the store. The insured’s potable well was tested, revealing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in concentrations that were twice the state actionable level. […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM A cement manufacturing facility, an XL insured, operated a site for over 100 years. During that ownership, our insured historically had disposed of cement kiln dust on site. The dust pile was closed under state consent order in the late 1980s, requiring capping and groundwater monitoring. Some 20 years […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM A carbon black manufacturing plant, insured by XL, experienced an oil spill on their property. The spill was the result of a broken supply line in an aboveground storage tank located on the property. Seven hundred barrels of oil were released into ditches on both sides of a roadway […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured environmental services contractor was hired to perform tank cleaning services by their client, an industrial facility. While undertaking those services, a four (4) inch hose connected to the insured’s vacuum truck failed. Forty gallons of fuel oil was released onto the ground and flowed into an […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An environmental consultant insured by XL was contracted to provide environmental permitting services for its client, a manufacturer of wood products. The insured’s client planned to construct a batch plant facility and the insured was retained to assist in obtaining the required air permit. The permit was issued and […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM A construction manager (CM) retained an XL insured environmental consultant to perform hydro-geological services for the construction of two high rise residential towers. The insured prepared a groundwater management plan which included the design of a dewatering system and monitoring of the dewatering activities during excavation. After construction completion, a sinkhole and […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured environmental consultant provided landfill closure services to a landfill client. The insured’s services included certification to authorities of the moisture content of the soils used in the landfill cover. Incorrect cap testing data was inadvertently used in the insured’s closure certification to state authorities. This error […]