Islanders worry about oil spill coverage after hearing of one family’s massive cleanup bill [Video]

Islanders who heat their homes with oil are double checking their insurance policies after learning about the massive bill dealt to one family when their tank leaked. 

After 1,100 litres of oil spilled onto their property, the Waite family was hit with a $345,000 cleanup bill and a lien on their home. They assumed they had insurance coverage in the event of an oil spill, but were shocked to discover they didn’t. 

Neevin Clow said the Waites’ story left him worried about what kind of coverage he had. 

“I was concerned that all of a sudden we’d put so much money into a house, and it’d be gone,” he said. 

The story of an oil spill that left a P.E.I. family with a $345,000 cleanup bill has prompted some Islanders to look into their own insurance policies. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says that’s exactly what they should do. CBC’s Steve Bruce reports. 

Clow said he called his insurer, …