Insider Engage Article – PFAS – the mother of all toxic torts

Insider Engage Article – PFAS – the mother of all toxic torts

Insider Engage Article – PFAS – the mother of all toxic torts 700 350 Meghan Dengler

Could PFAS really hit the insurance industry as hard as asbestos?

In the recent Insider Engage article, PFAS – the mother of all toxic torts, Garry Booth poses that very question and discusses how the ubiquitous “forever chemicals” could pose an unprecedented liability claims threat to the insurance industry. Praedicat’s own Adam Grossman (VP of Emerging Risk and Chief Scientist) and Stephen Jones (General Counsel) offer their perspectives on recent regulatory awareness and actions, how insurers might be exposed without realizing it, and what modelling and analytics can do to help mitigate that exposure.

Read the full article here.

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Interested in learning more about PFAS? Read our latest blog: The past, present, and future of PFAS litigation in the United States. Or take a look at the latest expansion to our Litigation Tracker, which now covers PFAS.


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