Category: Articles and Interviews

Indiana Dave and the Insurer of Doom

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Insurance archaeologist helps keep matters out of litigation

By Dennis Pillsbury

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Anyone who has perused cases involving clean-up of Superfund-identified hazardous waste sites probably winds up shaking his or her head at the complexity of the claims and the often inane resolutions where only the attorneys seem to leave happy. There was one case where a business was required to pay for the clean-up of lead pollution that dated back to a Revolutionary War armory that once occupied the site. Needless to say, that armory was no longer around to help pay for the clean-up. And the pollution had leeched into the ground water. It was not an inexpensive proposition. Continue reading “Indiana Dave and the Insurer of Doom”

Interview with Steve Henshaw and David O’Neill

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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”

Digging Up Dough For Clean-Ups

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National Clothesline Article, June 2002

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In this article, Stephen Henshaw, president of EnviroForensics (Environmental Forensic Investiga-tions), a national environmental engineering firm specializing in remediation for small and medium businesses, including drycleaners, answers question about Insurance Archeology and how it can help drycleaners find money for costly cleanups.

Q. What is insurance archeology, and why is it beneficial for drycleaners?

Insurance archeology is a term used to describe the process of locating and finding historical insurance policies that covered individuals and businesses.

Historical insurance can be a huge benefit to drycleaners as old policies can be used to pay for costs associated with soil and groundwater contamination in-vestigations, legal representation and even the cleanup of contaminated sites. Continue reading “Digging Up Dough For Clean-Ups”