Many prospective investments on contaminated sites have been stymied by concerns over uncontrollable investment uncertainty. This article describes new types of insurance now available to cap cleanup costs and other risks inherent in brownfield redevelopment that can make the sites more competitive with projects on green-fields, or unpolluted sites.
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