Chartis expands environmental coverage to include specialty trade contractors

NEW YORK—Chartis Inc. has expanded its environmental coverage to include specialty trade contractors.

Contractors Pollution Liability Specialty Trade Protect policy, part of the NextGen Protection suite of environmental policies offered through Chartis’ environmental division, is intended to address exposures faced by artisans during a construction project, the New York-based insurance unit of American International Group Inc. said Tuesday in a statement.

Such risks include indoor air contaminants, waste handling, silt and sediment runoff, and equipment staging areas.

Chartis said the coverage is an enhancement to its contractors pollution liability policy, which covers third-party claims for bodily injury, property damage and environmental damage resulting from pollution conditions caused by the performance of covered operations.