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Transcript of GMO | HB EMERGING COMPLEX CLAIMS
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GMOs You Say Potāto. I Say Potäto.
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Emerging & Complex Insurance Claims Forum
February 25-26, 2016
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• Casey Roberts, ACSR, AFIS, CIC • Laurus Insurance Consulting • www.laurusinsuranceconsulting.com • Ph: (707) 477-0913 • [email protected]
Speaker
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• Genetically Modified vs. Hybridized – Similarities & Differences
• Possible Effects on Insurance Products – Covered or Not
• Types of Claims – Those Already Seen & Those Still To Come
Today’s Three Areas Of Focus
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• Definitions: • The result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa (a
species or genus) • Crosses between populations, breeds or cultivars of a single species
Hybrids
www.sciencedaily.com
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• Offspring of the hybrid are sterile
• Thereby preventing the movement of genes from one species to the other
• They display traits and characteristics of both parents
Hybrid Facts
www.sciencedaily.com
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• GMOs are foods derived from organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally; eg, through the introduction of a gene from a different organism
• Genetically modified organisms, transgenics, genetically engineered
Genetically Modified Organisms
World Health Organization
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• Like hybrids, GMOs are also sterile
• CONCERNS (not facts at this time): New allergies • Unknown concerns
GMO Facts
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• With classical breeding – reproduction can only occur between closely related species…EG: corn to corn or closely genetically related species
• With GE – any gene from any organism can be transferred to another organism…EG: DNA from a bacterium such as bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) transferred to corn or cotton.
How Is GE Different From Classical Breeding
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Current GMO/GE Uses
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Hybrid Examples
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Top Ten GMO/GE Crops In U.S.
• 10 Rice
• 9 Rapeseed
• 8 Tobacco
• 7 Alfalfa
• 6 Wheat
• 5 Tomato
• 4 Potato
• 3 Cotton
• 2 Soybeans
• 1 Corn
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The Ultimate GMOs ? ? ?
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• General Liability responds to “Bodily Injury” (BI) & “Property Damage” (PD)
• BI means bodily injury, sickness or disease sustained by a person, including death resulting from any of these at any time
• PD means physical injury to tangible property, including all resulting loss of use of that property…
• PD means loss of use of tangible property that is not physically injured...
Insurance Product Responses?
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• General Liability - beware the “pollution” exclusion.
• “Pollutants” mean any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal irritant or contaminant, including smoke, vapor, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals and waste. Waste includes materials to be recycled, reconditioned or reclaimed.
• Did the “pollutant” cause the BI or PD?
Insurance Product Responses?
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• Commercial Property forms (both Property & Business Income) rely upon the covered “causes of loss” to determine the applicability of coverage or not.
• Under “Special Form” all losses are covered except those that are specifically excluded.
• Under “Basic” and “Broad” forms, only those items addressed as “covered” will respond to a loss.
Insurance Product Responses?
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• Commercial Property cannot find coverage in the coverage form.
• Business Income if there has been no “direct damage” to property, then Business Income coverage would not apply.
Insurance Product Responses?
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• Mechanical/Equipment Breakdown coverage requires “breakdown” for coverage to apply.
• “Breakdown” means the following direct physical loss that causes damage to “Covered Equipment” and necessitates its repair or replacement:
– (1) Failure of pressure or vacuum equipment; – (2) Mechanical failure including rupture or bursting caused by centrifugal force; or – (3) Electrical failure including arcing;…
Insurance Product Responses?
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• Pollution Coverage essentially every insurer writes their own coverage form.
• Might we find coverage?
Insurance Product Responses?
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• Past losses and/or lawsuits centered around:
• Misuse of seed by farmers (Bowman v. Monsanto Co.) patent infringement
• Actions against Syngenta include trade sanctions applied to exported GMO crops and against Monsanto in regards to their Roundup Ready Wheat
Previous Claims/Lawsuits
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• Vermont’s Act 120 – effective July 1, 2016 – requires that any food offered for sale must be labeled a GMO if it is “entirely or partially produced with genetic engineering.”
• It also prohibits such food from being labeled “natural” and sets out statutory damages of not more than “$1,000 per day per product”.
• Issues being put forth are 1st Amendment, 5th Amendment and the Commerce Clause as well as Federal pre-emption by statute.
Labeling Lawsuits (current)
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• Genetically Modified vs. Hybridized – Similarities & Differences
• Possible Effects on Insurance Products – Covered or Not
• Types of Claims – Those Already Seen & Those Still To Come
What We’ve Covered
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