Allocating responsibility for mass tort bodily injury among implicated insurance policies

Kennedys’ partner Kate Hyde and associates Tyler Pierson and Alexandra DeBonte authored an article titled “Allocating responsibility for mass tort bodily injury among implicated insurance policies” for the ABA Brief. This article focuses on allocation issues implicated by long-tail mass tort bodily injury claims.

The discussion includes: 

• Identifying triggered periods and policies 
• Allocation methodologies 
• Impacts of insolvencies 
• Allocating defense costs and 
• Treatment of deductibles and self-insured retentions in this context

Please contact Kate, Tyler and Alexandra for more information.