Although environmental consulting has been around since the early 1970s, it's still an expanding field with unique risks and exposures.
Governmental regulations, along with public interest in conservation and sustainability, have driven the growth of this $16 billion industry providing environmental services to virtually every sector of the U.S. economy, from surveyors conducting site assessments to engineers developing remediation plans to contractors performing cleanup and pollution abatement.
At the same time, these tasks lead environmental consultants to encounter risks that are excluded under standard commercial package policies. Pollution liability can occur when faulty work is the direct cause of environmental contamination, and professional liability arises when technical errors contribute to an incident and subsequent economic losses for a client.
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