Peter Halprin, an Anderson Kill PC attorney who filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit for United Policyholders, also said that carriers will try to get involved in the cleanup process earlier or push policyholders to satisfy the new requirements set out in the Ninth Circuit ruling. But he was skeptical that the decision would stunt growth in the environmental insurance market, where carriers are increasingly taking on “new and exotic risks,” he said.

“Any claim on their side that this will radically alter things or inhibit that growth is overstated,” Halprin said.

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