Specialist insurance brokers and insurers can help organizations prepare for and respond to an environmental crisis caused by a natural catastrophe. (Photo: Lightspring/Shutterstock)

Natural catastrophes pose an increasing threat to businesses across the United States and, in particular, to industrial sites where one of the potential impacts is a pollution release with long-term ramifications. As natural catastrophes, from wildfires to flooding, become more frequent, organizations need to be well prepared and alert to the potential for complex environmental risks to arise.

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