While liability for PFAS—Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, also known as “forever chemicals”—may be an emerging issue, the availability of insurance coverage for these and similar liability claims is not. “Commercial general liability,” or CGL, insurance was specifically designed to cover claims made by a company’s customers or customers of customers for resulting bodily injury and property damage. PFAS claims fit this bill.

Reprinted courtesy of Lorelie S. Masters, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Michael S. Levine, Hunton Andrews Kurth and Charlotte Leszinske, Hunton Andrews Kurth

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