Why PFAS is the greatest threat to insurance today
As “forever chemicals” become a growing focus of government regulation and a deluge of civil litigation, Emma Ann Hughes unpicks the potential impact of the manufacture and distribution of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances for the insurance industry.
Few people will recognise the term “forever chemicals”, but nearly everyone has been exposed to them.
Initially celebrated as technological marvels, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – to
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