
Petrochemicals & Chemicals
Chemical operations involve hazardous substances, heavy equipment and costly construction work.
Coverage to consider
Policies here often address equipment breakdown, pollution, cargo losses, construction projects and product claims.
- Contractor’s all risks (CAR)
- Can respond to physical loss, third-party claims and delay on a construction or renovation project at a chemical site.
- Can include damage to property, liability to third parties, machinery and equipment and delayed projects
- Boiler and machinery
- Typically pays for damage, lost income and extra costs after the sudden, accidental breakdown of boilers and process machinery.
- Can include equipment malfunction, damage to property, business interruption and added expenses
- Environmental liability
- May cover cleanup and site restoration after chemical spills or emissions, along with injury and property damage claims from others.
- Can include pollution releases, remediation and cleanup, claims by third parties and defense of claims
- Product liability
- Generally responds to claims that a chemical or petrochemical product injured someone or damaged property through a defect or inadequate warnings.
- Can include injury to people, damage to property and product defects
- Cargo
- Generally reimburses chemical or petrochemical shipments lost or damaged in transit, on an all-risk or named-peril basis.
- Can include transit loss or damage, all-risk or named-peril basis, cross-border shipments and delays and contaminated loads
These guides describe types of insurance in general. The right coverage depends on your operations and the terms of the policy issued. Pasaca’s featured lines are cyber insurance, directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance, product liability insurance and aviation insurance.
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Plants, machinery and shipments sit at the center of industrial risk, alongside product claims, pollution and customers who pay late or not at all.
- Automotive
- Industrial Materials & Machinery
- Packaging
- Paper & Printing Materials
- Petrochemicals & Chemicals
- Steel & Metal Products
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