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Praedicat Posts on PFAS

Insurance Journal – 3M Belgian Settlement Signals Increased Risk of ‘Toxic Torts’ in Europe
Insurance Journal – 3M Belgian Settlement Signals Increased Risk of ‘Toxic Torts’ in Europe 700 350 Meghan Dengler

Has Belgium’s enormous settlement with 3M opened the PFAS-contaminated-water floodgates in Europe? Will carriers adopt an approach of writing more PFAS exclusions, or is there an opportunity here for the…

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Praedicat Blog – EPA Releases New PFAS Drinking Water Health Advisories
Praedicat Blog – EPA Releases New PFAS Drinking Water Health Advisories 700 350 Adam Grossman

EPA releases new and much lower PFAS drinking water health advisories by Arianna Libera and Adam Grossman On June 15th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four drinking water health…

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Carrier Management – PFAS Litigation Levels Already at Epic Proportions
Carrier Management – PFAS Litigation Levels Already at Epic Proportions 700 350 Meghan Dengler

August 24th, 2021: PFAS Litigation Levels Already at Epic Proportions PFAS litigation has reached epic proportions. Praedicat recently completed a massive data collection for our PFAS Litigation Tracker, a tool…

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Praedicat Presents at NAIC CIPR Summer Session on Casualty Cat Risk and Social Inflation
Praedicat Presents at NAIC CIPR Summer Session on Casualty Cat Risk and Social Inflation 700 350 Meghan Dengler

Recently, our own Bob Reville and Melissa Boudreau joined our friends at the NAIC Center for Insurance Policy and Research (CIPR) for their webinar, “Casualty Catastrophe Risk in a Time…

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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…

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Praedicat’s Litigation Tracker Expansion
Praedicat’s Litigation Tracker Expansion 700 350 Meghan Dengler

Praedicat’s Litigation Tracker Expansion Press Release Praedicat is excited to announce an important update to our litigation tracker platform, initially launched in CoMeta to help casualty carriers navigate the flood…

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The past, present, and future of PFAS litigation in the United States
The past, present, and future of PFAS litigation in the United States 700 350 David Loughran

The past, present, and future of PFAS litigation in the United States Praedicat’s science-based data and analytics are designed to help casualty carriers manage emerging risks when scientists first begin…

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AM Best Article – On High Alert: Rising Risks of PFAS Claims and Litigation Capture New Attention
AM Best Article – On High Alert: Rising Risks of PFAS Claims and Litigation Capture New Attention 700 350 Meghan Dengler

April 2021 – Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a Litagion© Praedicat has been monitoring through our Emerging Risk lifecycle for some time. In an AM Best article, “On High…

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Scenarios Update: PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water
Scenarios Update: PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water 700 350 Meghan Dengler

How exposed is your casualty portfolio to “forever” chemicals? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used for decades to confer water-resistance and oil-repellency to a wide range of materials,…

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