Category: General

Interview with Steve Henshaw and David O’Neill

Posted on by Jeff Carnahan

U.S. INSURANCE LAW REPORT
David O’Neill & Stephen Henshaw, Edited for continuity and clarity.
Vol. 1, No. 2,Thursday, January 29, 2004

Stephen Henshaw is the founder and President/CEO of EnviroForensics (headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana), the only environmental consulting firm in the country (to our knowledge) that combines environment investigation/engineering/design expertise with insurance coverage and settlement resolution expertise. It is this latter specialty that interested us the most, as over the years the company has carved a niche for itself in the field of insurance archaeology, especially for small to mid-sized businesses. David O’Neill is the company’s chief insurance archaeologist. O’Neill, an attorney, with an insurance background, and Henshaw, in the following interview, gave us a primer on insurance archaeology. Continue reading “Interview with Steve Henshaw and David O’Neill”

Interview with Steve Henshaw and Dave O’Neill Part 2 of 4

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USILR: What is the specialized set of tools that insurance archaeologists use

Interview with Steve Henshaw, P.G., President & CEO, EnviroForensics & PolicyFind, and David O’Neill, Director of Investigations, EnviroForensics and PolicyFind

O’Neill: First and foremost, the insurance archaeologist is a researcher. He must pay attention to detail and have strong perseverance. The insurance archaeologist needs awareness of the history of the insurance market; i.e. Lloyd’s development of the first broad-form third-party excess liability coverage forms, the emergence of the comprehensive general liability (CGL) policy in the American market and the revision of the policy forms by the Insurance Rating Bureau (IRB) and later the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO). Continue reading “Interview with Steve Henshaw and Dave O’Neill Part 2 of 4”