Uniquely Broad Risk Management. Licensed as a specialty lines insurance broker as well as a law firm, Alba is able to offer a uniquely broad range of environmental risk management. This multi-disciplinary model was needed because: (1) environmental policies can be sold only through specialty-lines licensed brokers; and (2) as contracts whose language is not subject to any regulatory review, environmental policies require review, drafting and other assistance from lawyers. Combining both services in one firm avoids risks from diffusion of responsibility while also bringing time and cost efficiencies. Finally, because environmental policies typically support other complex contracts (e.g., for site cleanup or sale), those helping with policies should also help with other contracts.

Alba’s Founder previously served as a DOJ Trial Attorney; as counsel to TRC (then the world’s largest user of environmental insurance); as National Leader and then Global Chair of Marsh’s Environmental Practice (then the world’s largest broker of environmental insurance); and part-time (while also remaining at Alba) as COO and General Counsel of the $800M Trust created by the U.S. and 14 State governments to remediate and redevelop the 89 Properties left behind in the 2009 GM Bankruptcy.

Range: Alba’s clients include the U.S. Air Force, Army and DOJ; the world’s largest Brownfield Developer and other Developers; Fortune 100 Industrials; the GM Trust; two of the world’s largest Insurers; trade associations and non-profits. Since 2004, Alba has helped remediate and redevelop military bases, power plants, auto plants, oil refineries, mines and other sites for a total of over $1B in cleanup and $4B in redevelopment of sites now hosting >50,000 jobs.

Climate Focus & BDCI:  In early 2020, Alba’s Founder and others created Blue Dot Climate Insurance, a unique underwriting, brokerage and management firm that re-introduced Cost Cap insurance that, when integrated into Alba’s (and now also BDCI’s) Fixed Price Cleanup model, has a demonstrated history of maximizing cleanup cost certainty while also improving cleanup quality. BDCI’s focus has expanded beyond Brownfield cleanups (which on average reduce vehicle miles traveled by >40%); to Wetlands (which sequester carbon); and Renewables. Please see BDCI’s website for more information.