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    Insurance (Environmental)

  • Procurement, management and claims resolution of environmental insurance lines and classes, such as asbestos, chemical risks, commercial general liability, contractors environmental liability, environmental impairment liability (EIL), environmental general liability exposures, employers liability, excess over primary, herbicides, package auto liability, pesticides, premises pollution, professional liability, pollution legal liability (PLL), storage tank and transmission liability, toxic tort.

  • Reviews environmental due diligence, including Phase I and Phase II, to identify cases of non-compliance with ASTM E1527-13 and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (a/k/a "Superfund") regulations and non-conformance for existing and proposed facilities.

  • Ensures compliance with the “innocent landowner” defense under CERCLA regulations.

  • Legal support for the identification and proper handling and disposal of hazardous materials, such as asbestos, contaminated groundwater, lead, mold, soil, for compliance with waste regulations such as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and worker health and safety.

  • Maintained an environmental database and documented the results of environmental due diligence.

  • Ensured that the appropriate environmental due diligence documentation had been posted to the web library and database systems.

  • Ensures compliance with local, state and federal wetland regulations.

  • Legal support for obtaining and maintaining environmental permits and certificates.

  • Assisted in the review and implementation of materials management plans and health and safety plans.

  • Supported compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) Lead standard – 1910.1025 and Asbestos standard – 1910.1001.

  • Worked with outside counsel to have Phase II reports ordered, and then ensured that the appropriate actions were taken to reduce the environmental liability.

  • Maintained open communications with outside counsel, subject matter experts (SMEs), and local, state and Federal government officials.

  • Conducted environmental risk management training sessions.

  • Maintained and tracked the processes for the environmental impact statement (EIS) for domestic projects, and the environmental effectiveness statement (EES) for international projects.

  • Ensured adherence to audit criteria, catastrophe management and underwriting authority delegation, in collaboration with business partners in actuarial, claims, compliance and risk control.

  • Supported in the development of underwriting and training tools.

  • Ensured compliance with both internal governance policies and applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including the Department of Transportation (DOT), New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) and the New York City Business Integrity Commission (NYC BIC) regulations.

  • Regulatory experience in preparing and filing required government reports.

    Last updated 200722_1740

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