A&I Corporation Asbestos Trust Claims and Final Status
The company name in this page URL appears as “AI Corporation,” but the official trust name is the A&I Corporation Asbestos Bodily Injury Trust. The Trust was created to resolve valid asbestos bodily-injury claims arising from exposure for which A&I Corporation was allegedly responsible. Official Trust records show that the Trust later exhausted its funds: the Trustee petitioned to terminate the Trust in 2019, and the final claims distribution occurred July 8, 2020. The final remaining claims were prorated at 8.46% of their liquidated value. This page therefore treats A&I as a terminated/exhausted trust, not as an active source of new asbestos compensation.
A&I Corporation Asbestos Trust Facts
| Official trust name | A&I Corporation Asbestos Bodily Injury Trust |
|---|---|
| Associated company | A&I Corporation |
| Trust creation date | December 20, 2005 |
| Creating court | Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia |
| Original purpose | Process, liquidate and pay valid asbestos bodily-injury claims |
| Historical claims administrator | Verus Claims Services, LLC |
| Claims first accepted | May 14, 2007 |
| Petition to terminate | May 9, 2019, upon exhaustion of funds |
| Final claims distribution | July 8, 2020 |
| Final prorated percentage | 8.46% of liquidated value for the remaining valid claims in the final distribution |
| Current status | Terminated/exhausted based on the official final-payment notice; no current new-claim payment program is represented here |
Trust Creation and Final-Payment History
The official Trust website states that the A&I Corporation Asbestos Bodily Injury Trust was established after A&I Corporation filed articles of dissolution. The Trust was created to resolve asbestos personal-injury claims under Trust Distribution Procedures approved by the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia.
The Trust was created by court order on December 20, 2005. Claims could be filed beginning May 14, 2007, and the original procedures called for claims to be processed in the order received.
The most important later development appears in the Trust’s September 1, 2020 Notice Regarding Final Payments. The Trustee reported that claims had exceeded the Trust’s investment-income growth, filed a Petition to Terminate the Trust upon Exhaustion of Funds on May 9, 2019, and made the final claims distribution on July 8, 2020.
Historical A&I Claim Eligibility
The historical filing instructions stated that persons exposed to asbestos for which A&I Corporation was alleged to be liable could file a claim, subject to exclusions and the requirements of the TDP. The instructions identified exclusions for certain pending lawsuits filed on or before November 5, 2001 and certain previously settled, released or adjudicated mesothelioma claims against A&I or its insurers.
These eligibility rules describe how the Trust historically evaluated claims. Because the Trust made its final distribution in 2020 after exhaustion of funds, they should not be read as an invitation to file a new payable claim today.
Disease Classes and Historical Claim Criteria
The TDP established five principal Disease Classes:
- Class I — Mesothelioma.
- Class II — Lung Cancer.
- Class III — Other Cancer.
- Class IV — Asbestosis/Pleural Disease with specified impairment criteria.
- Class V — Asbestosis/Pleural Disease.
The original TDP stated that Scheduled Payments for the Disease Classes would be determined later by the court upon recommendation of the Trustee. The current official website states that Scheduled Payments were later set by court order, but the actual court-ordered dollar schedule was not contained in the primary-source documents verified for this update. To avoid publishing an unsupported amount, no historical disease-dollar table is reproduced here.
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Final Payment and Termination Status
The official September 1, 2020 notice states that claims were historically paid at 100% of their liquidated value until the Trust approached exhaustion. The Trustee then sought termination because claims did not decline as expected and exceeded growth in investment income.
For the final claims distribution on July 8, 2020, the remaining valid claims had to be prorated. The Trust reported a final payment percentage of 8.46% of liquidated value.
The 8.46% figure was a final-distribution proration, not a current Payment Percentage. It should not be used to estimate a new A&I claim today. The Trust’s own notice describes the distribution as the final payment following exhaustion of funds.
Historical Filing and Review Procedures
The Trust historically used a first-in-first-out, or FIFO, processing system. Claimants filed a proof-of-claim form with supporting medical and exposure documentation. The Trust determined whether a claim satisfied the Medical/Exposure Criteria for one of the five Disease Classes and whether exposure occurred at an Accepted Job Site or could otherwise be proven.
The historical instructions also allowed electronic filing by registered law firms and paper filing by mail. Claims could be withdrawn or deferred under specified procedures, and a claimant who received an offer generally had to execute a release before payment could be issued.
Those filing procedures remain useful for understanding the Trust’s historical operation, but the final-payment notice controls the current practical status: the funds were exhausted and the final distribution occurred in 2020.
Historical Medical and Exposure Requirements
The TDP required evidence supporting the claimed asbestos-related Disease Class and generally required a 10-year latency period between first asbestos exposure and diagnosis.
For Mesothelioma, the TDP required a diagnosis and credible evidence of A&I Exposure before November 5, 2001. Lung Cancer and Other Cancer claims required additional medical and occupational exposure evidence. Nonmalignant claims had separate radiographic, pulmonary-function and exposure criteria.
The Trust maintained an official Accepted Job Sites list. For exposure outside an accepted site, the TDP allowed other credible evidence such as invoices, construction records and similar documentation. Historical filing instructions also recognized affidavits from claimants, coworkers or family members in appropriate circumstances.
Financial and Claims Accuracy
The most reliable current-status fact is the Trust’s own final-payment notice: the Trustee sought termination upon exhaustion of funds and the last distribution was made July 8, 2020. Accordingly, this page does not describe the A&I Trust as active or as holding money available for new claims.
No current asset balance is presented because a terminated, exhausted trust should not be described using old historical funding figures as though those amounts remain available today. Likewise, no cumulative claims-paid total or lifetime-dollar figure is published without a final official accounting that supports those exact statistics.
The historical 100% payment treatment and final 8.46% proration are reported only in the context stated by the Trust. Neither represents a current payable percentage.
Confirmed Primary Sources for Trust Facts
No law-firm or lead-generation website was used as factual authority for this page. Primary Trust materials reviewed include:
- Official A&I Corporation Asbestos Bodily Injury Trust website.
- Official Trust resource and document library.
- A&I Corporation Asbestos Bodily Injury Trust Distribution Procedures.
- Official claim filing instructions and claim-form materials.
- Official Accepted Job Sites list.
- Official September 1, 2020 Notice Regarding Final Payments.
The official final-payment notice is the controlling source for this page’s description of exhaustion, termination and the July 2020 final distribution.
Related Asbestos Trust Fund Resources
Asbestos Trust Fund Information
A&I Trust Documents
- Official A&I Trust document library
- Official Trust Distribution Procedures
- Official Accepted Job Sites list
Final Status
Frequently Asked Questions About the A&I Corporation Asbestos Trust
Is the official name A&I Corporation or AI Corporation?
The official trust is the A&I Corporation Asbestos Bodily Injury Trust. The URL uses “ai,” but the source documents consistently use A&I.
When was the A&I asbestos trust created?
The official final-payment notice states that the Trust was created by court order on December 20, 2005.
Is the A&I Corporation Asbestos Trust still paying new claims?
The Trust’s official final-payment notice states that the Trustee petitioned to terminate the Trust upon exhaustion of funds and that the final claims distribution occurred July 8, 2020. This page therefore does not treat it as an active source of new claim payments.
What was the final A&I payment percentage?
The remaining valid claims in the final July 8, 2020 distribution were prorated at 8.46% of their liquidated value. That was a final-distribution percentage, not a current rate.
Were earlier A&I claims paid at 100%?
The official final-payment notice states that claims had been paid at 100% of liquidated value until the most recent and final payment, when insufficient remaining funds required proration.
What diseases did the A&I TDP recognize?
The TDP identified Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer, Other Cancer and two classes of Asbestosis/Pleural Disease.
Did the A&I Trust publish Accepted Job Sites?
Yes. The Trust’s official resource library includes an Accepted Job Sites document used in evaluating historical exposure claims.
What latency period did the historical TDP require?
The TDP generally required evidence that at least 10 years elapsed between first asbestos exposure and diagnosis.
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