Spill Center Welcomes
Zurich Online Program
Spill Center® has teamed up with Zurich, one of the world's
largest property-casualty insurance companies, to provide an online service
that assists its North American customers with the cleanup of spills of
hazardous materials, fuel and other regulated materials. Offered free-of-charge
to Zurich
customers, the Spill Reporting Online System will assist in dispatching cleanup
contractors, reducing costs associated with environmental releases, expediting
regulatory reporting and mitigating potential liability.
"Zurich
is collaborating with Spill Center®, a leading environmental spill management
specialist with nearly 20 years of experience, to help our customers deal with
events that require emergency environmental cleanup," relates Kenneth Berger,
executive vice president of Zurich's
environmental unit.
"By tapping into a team that is experienced in environmental
emergency response, investigation and remediation, our customers that use Zurich's Spill Reporting
Online System will be better able to contain costs and limit their liability
for incidents with environmental releases."
President of Spill
Center and environmental
attorney Tom Moses explains: "Spill
Center maintains a
database of more than 3,000 contractors throughout North
America to assist customers in identifying appropriate local
resources for particular kinds of spills. Zurich
and Spill Center also monitor the scope of work
and cleanup, and then review the contractor's invoice for accuracy."
In addition, Spill
Center assists in:
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Coordinating
local, state and federal release reporting
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Monitoring
nearly 30,000 federal, state and local jurisdictions across the U.S. that
require incident reports after a spill
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Tracking
changes in regulations and maintaining current environmental reporting
regulations and contact information, which may help Zurich customers avoid fees and penalties if
they miss reporting deadlines
Users of the system receive electronic copies of paperwork
generated by the spill incident, including an open release report, contractor
retention documentation, regulatory paperwork, invoices and a closing report.
Zurich
offers a large portfolio of environmental products and services to meet the
needs of businesses in real estate development, manufacturing, contracting and
hazardous materials transportation, as well as professional liability insurance
for design professionals. With more than 16 years of experience in offering
environmental products, Zurich
underwrites coverage through offices in New
York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Denver, San
Francisco and Glendale,
California.
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