Insurance for Long-Tail Environmental Claims Such as PFAS

Kevin B. Dreher

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

• Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, co-chair of Insurance Recovery Practice
• Litigator and trial lawyer focusing on insurance recovery on behalf of policyholders, complex commercial litigation, and dispute-related counseling
• Has represented policyholders and recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in a wide range of insurance coverage disputes, including long-tail environmental, toxic tort, and asbestos claims under general liability policies; claims for media liability and PAIL coverage; losses stemming from natural and man-made disasters and COVID-19 under first-party and business interruption insurance; securities and fiduciary duty claims triggering D&O liability coverage and professional liability insurance; and losses under ocean cargo marine and storage policies
• Can be contacted at [email protected] or 312-214-8308

Kathryn Wilhoit

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Kathryn Wihoit

• Associate, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Focuses on insurance recovery and counseling on behalf of policyholders
• Represents and advises companies across a variety of industries, including industrial manufacturing, consumer goods, hospitality and retail, and financial services, with respect to claims triggering coverage under policies for commercial general liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, first-party property, employment practices liability, and more
• Represents and advises corporate policyholders regarding coverage for long-tail environmental and

pollution-related claims under CGL and pollution legal liability policies arising from regulatory agency demands and third-party plaintiff class actions

• Can be contacted at [email protected] or 312-214-5639

Alice Kyureghian

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

• Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Practice primarily focuses on representing individual and corporate policyholders in disputes with their insurance providers
• Represents companies in a variety of coverage matters relating to government investigations, long-tail environmental, toxic tort and asbestos claims, product liability, subprime mortgage, and mortgage fraud claims
• Handles claims under a broad range of policies, including commercial general liability, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability insurance, first-party property insurance, and mortgage insurance
• Can be contacted at [email protected] or 310-284-3788