Over the past 12 years, Johnson Wright has supported law firms and major insurance companies in evaluating and resolving thousands of environmental insurance claims. Our expertise has includes litigation support, mediation presentations, arbitration testimony and expert witness testimony. From background investigations and cost audits to state-of-the-art future cost models, our proven strategies, technologies and personnel have helped resolve numerous environmental insurance claims successfully. 

We have developed a thorough understanding of our clients' requirements for liability and damages claims, cost allocation and recovery, and litigation support. Our clients depend on us to organize and synthesize extensive technical, financial and regulatory documentation, and to deliver clear, well-formed answers regarding complex, technical and financial issues.

JOHNSON WRIGHT has expertise in claims analysis from nearly every industry in nearly every state in the country.

 

Our expertise in environmental claims range from general liability and pollution liability policies to finite risk policies arising from industries and issues such as:

 

	Mining industry (coal, uranium, phosphate, lead, silver and mercury) MGPs, Utility and Power Industry
	Oil Refineries, Pipelines, Bulk Terminals and Service Stations
	Emerging contaminants (perchlorate, MTBE, nitrates)
	Drycleaner Sites
	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and Agricultural Sites
	Harbors and Rivers
	Natural Resource Damages

 

 

 

	Nature and timing of environmental releases
	Contaminant source identification and release history
	Corporate technical and financial personnel interviews
	Segregation of business operations from environmental cleanup activities
	Historic manufacturing operations, waste handling practices and regulatory requirements
	Audit of costs for reasonableness and necessity
	Segregation of investigation and remediation costs
	Claim database development, management, and reporting
	Timing of environmental costs and payments
	Future cost projections and present value analysis