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CPCU 552.09 Environmental Loss Exposures and
Insurance EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (43)
environmental loss liability for bodily injury to others or
exposures damage to their property; cost of
cleaning up pollutants, either on
the insured's own property or on
the property of others
bases of tort liability negligence; intentional torts; strict liability
for pollution
intentional torts in nuisance; trespass
environmental
claims
nuisance interfering with the peaceful enjoyment of
someone else's own property
trespass, in physical deposition of pollutants on the
environmental property
claims
strict liability eliminates the common-law
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defenses normally available to the
defendant in a negligence suit
federal government's consideration
National of the environmental ramifications
Environmental of proposals for new highways,
Policy Act (NEPA) dams, and other public projects
capable of affecting wildlife or
scenic areas
"let the polluter the principle that the party that
pay" caused the pollution should be
responsible for paying for the
cleanup of that pollution in the case
of a spill or release
Clean Water Act to improve the quality of surface
waters by prohibiting or regulating
the discharge of pollutants into
navigable waters and restoring them
to fishable or swimmable quality
Clean Air Act to improve the quality of ambient
air by regulating emissions from
both mobile and stationary sources
of air pollution
Motor Carrier Act to protect the environment from
of 1980 releases of harmful materials during
transportation of such materials by
motor carriers in interstate or
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CPCU 552.09 Environmental Loss Exposures and
Insurance EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (43)
environmental loss liability for bodily injury to others or
exposures damage to their property; cost of
cleaning up pollutants, either on
the insured's own property or on
the property of others
bases of tort liability negligence; intentional torts; strict liability
for pollution
intentional torts in nuisance; trespass
environmental
claims
nuisance interfering with the peaceful enjoyment of
someone else's own property
trespass, in physical deposition of pollutants on the
environmental property
claims
strict liability eliminates the common-law
1/
11
, 7/13/25, 12:15
PM
defenses normally available to the
defendant in a negligence suit
federal government's consideration
National of the environmental ramifications
Environmental of proposals for new highways,
Policy Act (NEPA) dams, and other public projects
capable of affecting wildlife or
scenic areas
"let the polluter the principle that the party that
pay" caused the pollution should be
responsible for paying for the
cleanup of that pollution in the case
of a spill or release
Clean Water Act to improve the quality of surface
waters by prohibiting or regulating
the discharge of pollutants into
navigable waters and restoring them
to fishable or swimmable quality
Clean Air Act to improve the quality of ambient
air by regulating emissions from
both mobile and stationary sources
of air pollution
Motor Carrier Act to protect the environment from
of 1980 releases of harmful materials during
transportation of such materials by
motor carriers in interstate or
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