Environmental

The impact of damaging activities on the environment and claims resulting from environmental losses has become a hot topic over the last few years. Increasing legislation and a furtherance of the ‘polluter pays' principle resulted in new policies being introduced.

At Cunningham Lindsey we offer a network of environmental specialists throughout the globe, who can face these challenges but also understand the local legislations. Environmental Impairment Losses can have an impact on soil, groundwater, air, rivers, protected habitats and of course fauna and flora living in and on it, including humans. The remediation of environmental pollution tends to be complex and expensive and you need a highly skilled environmental adjuster who can truly understand these intricate issues.

Our Environmental Global Practice Group is uniquely positioned to handle any environmental claim throughout the world.

Key benefits:

• Time is of major importance when dealing with environmental losses. Our specialists will go immediately on site to investigate what preventive measures should or can be taken, taking into account the securing of crucial evidence
• One specialist will act as your contact person on a file. Thus, we want to guarantee communication on a regularly basis with insurers, brokers and insured. Our team includes experts who have scientific and geological qualifications, as well as having experience in considering the nuances of and the application of the various policy wordings
• Throughout the team, knowledge is being exchanged in dealing with specific pollutants and applicable remediation strategies. Every specialist knows which consultant or contractor is ‘best fit' to deal with a certain pollution. This way we can make sure that the cost-benefits of a remediation remain optimal

For more information about our environmental capabilities and to find out how we can help you and your customers, please email Thomas Gradl.