Rural launches Agricultural Pollution Liability product

Rural launches Agricultural Pollution Liability product

The pace, breadth and complexity of environmental legislation and regulation means it is more important than ever for farmers and agricultural business owners to be aware of the environmental liabilities they may face. Increasingly, regardless of fault, polluters have to pay far beyond the costs of the clean-up to repair, reinstate and monitor the environment. This therefore poses a serious risk.

Agricultural Pollution Liability

However, there is a solution. Having spotted the gap in our current product portfolio, we have now developed a product, together with ACE, to ensure our broker partners can provide their clients with the protection they need against pollution and the associated costs.

What does it cover?

Environmental damage can occur in many ways; pollution of soil from ruptured pipes or spillages, water pollution caused by discharge after a storm, odour pollution from slurry pits, or even non-pollution damage to protected species or Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Rural’s Agricultural Pollution Liability provides protection for clean-up costs which may be unexpected and significant. The policy will also provide peace of mind that if a pollution incident is identified, experts will be on hand to deal with the emergency and will clean up damage and mitigate any further loss. What’s more, up to five locations can be covered under a single policy.

Visit the Agricultural Pollution Liability product section for further information, or contact Rural.