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The Just Trust Solutions Group provides a variety of services to support your company’s litigation management needs. Our services range from scanning and document management to customized database and system design. Our consulting team includes risk management specialists and skilled programmers allowing you to benefit from their litigation and technology expertise. Whether as an outsourced service or an in-house solution, we will work with you to assess your needs and present you with affordable and proven solutions.
 
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The Just Trust Solutions Group Expands Offerings With Legacy Risk Consulting Washington, DC - January, 2005The Just Trust Solutions Group is pleased to announce the addition of Legacy Risk Consulting to its rapidly expanding portfolio of companies and services. Legacy Risk Consulting serves the specialty claims management requirements of its customers. With offices in Houston, Texas and Farmington, Connecticut, Legacy Risk Consulting is a leader in the field of managing bodily injury and property damage claims made by individuals against companies because of long term effects of asbestos, silica and other toxic substances. With a staff of claims professionals and support personnel, plus custom-designed computer systems, The JTS Group and Legacy Risk efficiently manage and dispose of hundreds of thousands of claims annually. Through its outstanding reputation for efficiency and fairness, Legacy Risk has established good working relationships with defendants, plaintiff counsel and federal courts where mass tort litigation is handled. Legacy Risk's methods and procedures have been scrutinized and audited by clients, financial auditors, insurers and attorneys representing the Underwriters at Lloyd's of London. Without exception, all auditors have commended Legacy Risk staff for the quality of its procedures and processes. Legacy Risk brings an extensive portfolio of consultative and claims administrative services to The Just Trust Solutions Group current set of offerings. These additional services include: Risk Profiling: Legacy Risk works with the client to qualify and quantify the client's potential risk from asbestos litigation. The Risk Profile process takes into consideration corporate history, asbestos products, market analysis, litigation overview and insurance considerations for use by actuaries to produce a forty year estimation of claim volume and ultimate net loss. Coverage Review & Analysis: Legacy Risk works with the client to develop, compile, review and memorialize an analysis of the client's available asbestos/mass tort insurance coverages for all iterations of the client's company, including insurance prior to acquisition. The analysis includes a review of coverage erosion, deductibles and retros as well as an analysis of missing, insolvent and excluded policies. Legacy Risk works with the client to develop strategies to maximize its insurance asset, including exploring creative ways to develop more coverage through captives, finite placements, stop loss coverage and policy buy-backs. Cost Sharing Agreements: Legacy Risk partners with the client to act as a knowledgeable go between with the client's insurance carriers to structure an equitable agreement as to the allocation of defense and indemnity costs between the client and carriers. Coverage-In-Place Agreements: A Coverage-In-Place Agreement (CIP) takes the place of the existing insuring contracts between the client and its carriers. Legacy Risk partners with the client to structure a complete agreement between client and carriers as to the way the client's asbestos/mass tort litigation is to be handled. The CIP defines how coverages apply, how losses are allocated, when and how excess contributes. Often the CIP defines the claim handling role as well, through the designation and definition of a TPA. Legacy Risk and it's other JTS Group companies, Special Claims Services and JTS Systems, can fulfill all the additional needs of the client ranging from specific systems design and development tasks through TPA processing. This step forward adds a new dimension and depth to the services delivered by The Just Trust Solutions Group.? Read more...
David McKnight Joins The Just Trust Solutions Group As President of Legacy Risk Consulting Washington, DC - January, 2005The Just Trust Solutions Group is pleased to announce the addition of David McKnight to it's senior management team. For fifteen years prior to joining Legacy Risk as President, Mr. McKnight served as Vice President of AON Worldwide Services Company and was responsible for the development, review, analysis, implementation and administration of asbestos litigation strategy. He led the negotiation of settlement agreements with plaintiff attorneys, direction of defense counsel, liaison with the client's Legal and Risk Management Departments, communication with and presentations to excess insurers (including the London Market), coordination of special projects, policy archaeology, risk profiling, policy mapping, coverage review/analysis, policy buy-backs and negotiation of Coverage-In-Place and Cost Sharing Agreements. Prior to joining AON Worldwide Services Mr. McKnight was with Travelers Insurance where he coordinated Johns-Manville, Pittsburgh-Corning, Babcock & Wilcox and others involved in asbestos litigation. He had additional responsibility for environmental claims including Hazardous Waste and Pollution, Superfund, Agent Orange, Formaldehyde, Chrome and Silica. Mr. McKnight holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech). Legacy Risk Consulting was founded to serve the specialty claims management requirements of its customers. With offices in Houston, Texas and Farmington, Connecticut, Legacy Risk Consulting is a leader in the field of managing bodily injury and property damage claims made by individuals against companies because of long term effects of asbestos, silica and other toxic substances. With a staff of claims professionals and support personnel, plus custom-designed computer systems, The JTS Group and Legacy Risk efficiently manage and dispose of hundreds of thousands of claims annually. Through its outstanding reputation for efficiency and fairness, Legacy Risk has established good working relationships with defendants, plaintiff counsel and federal courts where mass tort litigation is handled. This step forward adds a new dimension and depth to the services delivered by The Just Trust Solutions Group.? Read more...

Just Trust Solutions (JTS) acquires Special Claims Services (SCS) Washington, DC - October, 2004Just Trust Solutions is pleased to announce the acquisition of Special Claims Services (SCS) of Ohio. The acquistion brings together two very successful companies, each with over a decade of experience in claims services, that can now better meet the varied need of all parties in the toxic tort marketplace. Formed in 1993 by Don Ward, Special Claims Services, Inc. (SCS) provides claims and litigation management services to corporations and carriers alike in toxic tort claims including asbestos, silica, welding rod and other latent disease type claims. Their services are custom-made to fit the needs of each client and include "cradle to grave" handling, as well as the management of claims data. Additionally, SCS provides reliable software solutions in the fields of Trust consultation, class-action administration and claims processing. Don Ward, President, has served as an insurance coverage expert on numerous occasions. SCS currently oversees and manages the handling of almost 500,000 asbestos and silica related cases and works directly with local defense counsel, national counsel and plaintiff counsel in the successful resolution of cases via settlement or dismissal. SCS develops databases, populates them and provides clients with reports of their choosing. This enables their clients to more accurately forecast potential future liabilities and track settlement expense dollars on a per claim basis.SCS provides administrative handling services to a number of Trusts involving joint defense groups and Trusts created through Bankruptcy estates, as well as auditing services in determining proper policy allocation, fair and reasonableness of settlements, and review of defense counsel invoices. This acquistion adds a new dimension and depth to the services delivered by Just Trust Solutions.? Read more...