This property has a documented history as a industrial and manufacturing facility predating 1986. Historical insurance policies issued during those prior operations and through 1986 could fund a cleanup — and recover costs already spent.

Why Historical Insurance Policies May Be Accessible

Pre-1986 Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies were occurrence-based and did not contain an effective pollution exclusion in Washington. If contamination occurred while those policies were active, those historical insurance carriers may still have a legal obligation to fund the cleanup costs, even if the business closed or the property changed hands.

The contamination at this facility resulted from industrial spills and leaks that accumulated over a long operational history — one already characterized as "historical" by 2013, placing the pollution-causing operations well before the 1986 dividing line for occurrence-based CGL coverage. The site's cleanup costs are compounding: earlier remediation proved insufficient, and the property now faces a second round of state-supervised cleanup with associated fees. Historical carriers who insured Boeing's operations during the decades when these spills and leaks occurred may be obligated both to recover past remediation expenditures and to fund the cleanup work still ahead.

Restorical's role is to locate viable historical policies, determine whether a successful coverage claim is possible, and assist our clients and their legal counsel to obtain insurance coverage. Restorical then manages the claim, including accounting, to ensure the cleanup is funded in a timely manner.