Welcome to Environmental Insurance Agency.

Environmental Insurance Agency, Inc. (EIA) is a unique team of experts with several decades of environmental legal, engineering, and insurance underwriting experience. We provide proven and integrated risk management solutions to a variety of environmental problems, creating lasting value and stability for our clients. The centerpiece of these solutions is environmental insurance, EIA is one of the top environmental insurance brokerage firms in the country for obtaining and placing these and other risk transfer mechanisms. Click here to learn more…

Latest News

Cleanup Cost Cap Insurance is Available Again

Insurance covering cost overruns for remediation of known pollution conditions – cleanup cost cap insurance – has been completely unavailable for at least the past year. (Click here to read the full article)

Susan Neuman/EIA Forms Alliance with Gremesco.

Susan Neuman, President of EIA, has recently joined Gremesco Corp. as Senior Broker. Gremesco is a large wholesale broker and managing general agent based in Bridgeport, CT, with a number of subsidiaries throughout the Northeast… (Click here to read the full article)

Brownfield Redevelopment:
The Problem. Brownfields are abandoned, idled or underused industrial and commercial properties at which real or perceived contamination interferes with real estate transactions and redevelopment or reuse efforts. They are also referred to as lightly contaminated sites. They are not Superfund sites, but fear of strict, joint and several, and retroactive Superfund liability often prevents them from being sold. Also, owners “mothball” these sites because they’re afraid of what they’ll find and will have to report if they look too closely. Thus, the risks and liabilities don’t get transferred.
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Site Pollution Liability:
EIA can provide site pollution liability coverage, pre-underwritten and tailored to fit specific risks by EIA’s environmental insurance and legal experts. Such coverage can be essential to the success of real estate transactions involving contaminated property.

Basic Coverage Pollution Conditions: Pre-existing known and unknown from historical site operations, and new (post-closing) pollution conditions from on-going operations.
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Brokerage:
Need a new environmental insurance product for your specific exposure? Our team of experts can take you safely through every stage of the complex process of purchasing one: Pre-Underwriting/Exposure Analysis, Submission to the right carrier(s), Negotiating/drafting language that fits the risks and is legally sufficient, Binding and Policy Issuance (is the language right at each stage?), Claims handling – presenting the claim properly to the insurer. Click here for more environmental services…

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