24 October 2023Insurance

Are PFAS the new asbestos? Reinsurers worry on emerging risk

Risks from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called “forever chemicals”, have the potential to permeate any number of product and industrial liability lines with early claims already in the works in the US and “now coming over slowly to Europe.”

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Are PFAS the new asbestos? Reinsurers worry on emerging risk

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