Environmental Insurance Coverage Under CGL, Property and D&O Policies for NRD, CERCLA, RCRA, OPA and Other Claims

Pollution and Owned-Property Exclusions, Scope of Damages, Property Damage and Occurrences

Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A

Conducted on Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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Program Materials

This CLE webinar will provide counsel with a review of new and emerging trends in environmental claims, potential coverage under various commercial policies, the parameters of critical policy exclusions, and the scope of covered damages.

Description

Insurance coverage for environmental claims including clams to recover environmental investigation, cleanup, liability, and defense costs often raise numerous coverage issues and defenses. Current trends in environmental claims--whether NRD, CERCLA, RCRA, or other claims--present evolving theories of liability and defenses that impact potential coverage under various policies are important for counsel, claims professionals, and risk managers to understand.

Although policyholders often seek coverage under general liabilities policies and environmental insurance policies, they also may seek coverage under property insurance, D&O policies, and other business policies.

Frequently litigated pollution exclusion issues include what constitutes a “pollutant” and whether the exclusion bars coverage for liabilities a policyholder did not expect or intend. Counsel must also wrestle with determining which costs and liabilities are covered damages under a policy.

Listen as our authoritative panel provides counsel with a review of new and emerging trends in environmental claims, potential coverage under various commercial policies, the parameters of critical policy exclusions and defenses, the scope of covered damages, and apportioning damages among insurers and policyholders.

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Outline

  1. Trends in environmental claims
    1. NRD claims
    2. CERCLA claims
    3. RCRA claims
  2. Potential policy coverage
  3. Policy exclusions
  4. Scope of covered damages

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • How can policyholders maximize coverage for environmental liabilities under existing non-environmental insurance policies?
  • What are the latest case law developments regarding the pollution exclusion in CGL policies?
  • What environmental costs are likely to be treated as covered damages?

Faculty

Horkovich, Robert
Robert M. Horkovich
Managing Shareholder
Anderson Kill

Mr. Horkovich focuses his practice on the area of insurance recovery. He has obtained over $5 billion in...  |  Read More

Seaman, Scott M.
Scott M. Seaman
Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson

Mr. Seaman's practice focuses on insurance, reinsurance, and commercial law and litigation. He has represented...  |  Read More

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