Mining, oil & gas

21 researched profiles in this educational category. Collections may overlap.

UW takeaway

Saved research for Mining, oil & gas frequently highlights workers' compensation, environmental liability, general liability. Confirm which concerns apply to the actual work, what controls are used and whether additional activities change the coverage discussion.

Explore activities

Oil and Gas Extraction (2)

Mining (except Oil and Gas) (14)

Support Activities for Mining (5)

Coverage topics in saved research

General Liability

Crude Petroleum Extraction: Premises and operations coverage for third-party BI/PD; underwriters scrutinize pollution exclusion scope carefully for this class.

Surface Coal Mining: Covers third-party bodily injury and property damage including blasting and dust exposures; often placed in E&S markets.

Workers' Compensation

Crude Petroleum Extraction: Elevated severity class given high-pressure systems, H2S exposure, and remote site operations; experience modification typically scrutinized closely.

Surface Coal Mining: Mining is among the highest-hazard workers' comp classes; federal MSHA regulations and state-specific mining classifications apply.

Commercial Auto

Surface Coal Mining: Covers licensed on-road vehicles including haul trucks and support vehicles operating on public roads.

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells: Heavy transport vehicles moving rig components and equipment between well sites create significant auto liability exposure.

Environmental / Pollution Liability

Crude Petroleum Extraction: Covers third-party claims and remediation costs from spills or releases — standard GL pollution exclusions make this a meaningful gap for extraction operations.

Surface Coal Mining: Covers remediation, third-party claims, and regulatory response arising from mine site pollution; often written on a claims-made basis.

Commercial Property

Underground Coal Mining: Surface structures, preparation plants, conveyor systems, and stockpiles; underground machinery may require separate inland marine or equipment forms.

Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining: Processing plant, mill, and fixed infrastructure; fire, explosion, and equipment breakdown are primary perils.

Umbrella / Excess Liability

Crude Petroleum Extraction: Underlying limits may be insufficient given blowout or environmental severity potential; excess layers are commonly part of the program structure.

Other Metal Ore Mining: Given the severity of blasting, environmental, and catastrophic injury exposure, excess limits are typically a significant consideration for mining operations.

Inland Marine / Mobile Equipment

Surface Coal Mining: Covers high-value heavy equipment fleets including draglines, shovels, and haul trucks both on-site and in transit.

Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining: Covers drilling rigs, core sample equipment, trailers, and mobile support equipment in the field — standard commercial property typically does not follow equipment off a fixed premises.

Pollution Liability

Underground Coal Mining: Slurry impoundment failure, acid mine drainage, and coal refuse disposal create meaningful long-tail environmental exposure often excluded from standard GL.

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells: Drilling fluid spills, pit contamination, and blowout-related releases often require standalone energy pollution coverage beyond what GL forms provide.

Questions to ask

  1. How many producing wells are operated, and what are the typical depths and formation pressures? (Crude Petroleum Extraction)
  2. Is the operation active surface mining, beneficiation-only, or a combination? (Surface Coal Mining)
  3. Is the operation exclusively onshore, or does it include any offshore, inland marine, or platform-based drilling? (Drilling Oil and Gas Wells)
  4. What extraction methods are used — conventional vertical wells, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, or a combination? (Natural Gas Extraction)
  5. What extraction method is used — room-and-pillar, longwall, or a combination? (Underground Coal Mining)
  6. What specific well services does the contractor perform — swabbing and cleaning only, or also cementing, acidizing, or perforating? (Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations)
  7. Are any enhanced recovery operations in use, such as water flooding, CO2 injection, or steam injection? (Crude Petroleum Extraction)
  8. Is the operation surface (open-pit) or underground, or a combination? (Iron Ore Mining)

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