EnviroForensics searches historical insurance coverage and reconstructs coverage for clients.
EnviroForensics restores financial viability to contaminated properties by conducting searches for historical insurance that may cover costs associated with contamination, including site investigations, clean up and legal fees. The EnviroForensics team of experts include private investigators, former claims managers, and insurance coverage professionals that have years of dedicated experience locating and interpreting insurance policies.
Historical insurance policies are valuable assets to have and to hold on to. They can be worth millions of dollars in the form of paying for environmental investigations, cleanups and legal fees. They can also protect the policyholder from suits and administrative orders, and in many cases, can be worth cash. If there is one action all business owners, large or small should do, it is to find and securely store all business and personal insurance policies. Landlords, such as shopping center owners, should also locate and store all tenant policies or certificates.
A business or property owner can be held liable for contamination years after the business or property has been sold. Environmental liability is retroactive. The liability of environmental contamination stays attached to the property as it is sold, reducing its market value. Fortunately, historical insurance coverage remains with the property, also.
EnviroForensics has a success rate that is unsurpassed by competitors at finding policies or of finding evidence of historical insurance and reconstructing insurance programs. Our vast library of forms and documents, along with our knowledge of how the insurance industry operates, enables us to unravel and defend the most complex matters. Market value for contaminated properties is often times enhanced by the efforts of EnviroForensics when insurance funds are found and clean up can be done.
EnviroForensics Works with Insurance Carriers
EnviroForensics conducts Confidential Insurance Archeology™ for property and business owners, attorneys, municipalities, and insurance companies. Historical insurance archeology retraces the genealogy of historical insurance coverage to identify past owners and operators who may have contributed or caused contamination. This rebuilding of historical land use and insurance coverage can limit the liability of individual clients and their carriers, and also initiate coverage from additional policies, thereby creating a larger reservoir of monies for equitable allocation.
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For more information about insurance archeology, please contact David O’Neill, doneill@enviroforensics.com, or call toll-free 866-888-7911
