How 'absolute' is an absolute exclusion: insurance coverage for indoor pollution.(Mid-Year Review and Forecast, Section IV)

From: Real Estate Weekly | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: Alexander, Ann | Copyright information

If you are either an owner or lessee of commercial space, chances are you have purchased liability insurance to cover lawsuits by people injured on your premises. And if you purchased a policy within the past 12 years or so, chances are it contains what is known as an "Absolute Pollution Exclusion Clause," which reads more or less like this:

"This insurance does not apply to ... bodily injury or property damage arising out of the actual, alleged or threatened discharge, dis...

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