Broader Legal and Coverage Implications
J&J’s talc-related liabilities are also being fought in insurance coverage litigation in New Jersey. The case, Atlanta International Insurance Co., et al. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., includes an array of legacy insurers—among them Travelers, Chubb, Allstate, Everest Re, TIG, North River, and Wausau—as well as J&J’s own captive, Middlesex Assurance. The company has said it stopped purchasing new product-liability coverage in 2005 and now relies heavily on self-insurance.