Many companies that manufactured, sold, or installed asbestos products went bankrupt and were required to establish trusts to compensate people harmed by their products. A federal government review found dozens of these trusts, holding tens of billions of dollars combined, and more have been created since.
How to Use This Asbestos Trust List to Identify a Possible Claim
If a company or product name below sounds familiar from a loved one’s working years, a trust may be available. A worker did not need to be employed by any of these companies to qualify. What usually matters is exposure to their products, wherever the job took place: a shipyard, a power plant, a construction site, a refinery, or a factory floor.
Each trust sets its own rules for eligibility, evidence, and filing, and those rules can change. For that reason, this page does not list payment amounts.
Asbestos Insulation and Building Products Trusts
Johns-Manville. Once the largest American maker of asbestos insulation. Its bankruptcy in the early 1980s led to the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, one of the earliest and most influential asbestos trusts.
Owens Corning and Fibreboard. Insulation makers whose product lines included Kaylo pipe insulation. Claims go through the Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, which maintains separate funds for each company.
Armstrong World Industries. A Pennsylvania flooring and building products company. Claims go through the Armstrong World Industries Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust.
W.R. Grace. Maker of Zonolite vermiculite insulation and Monokote fireproofing spray. Claims go through the WRG Asbestos PI Trust.
USG (United States Gypsum). Maker of gypsum products such as joint compounds and plasters. Claims go through the United States Gypsum Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust.
National Gypsum. Maker of Gold Bond building products. Claims go through the NGC Bodily Injury Trust.
Celotex. Maker of roofing and building materials. Its trust covers Celotex and Philip Carey product lines through the Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust.
Pittsburgh Corning. Maker of Unibestos pipe insulation. Claims go through the Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Asbestos PI Trust.
Keene. Successor to the Baldwin-Ehret-Hill insulation business. Claims go through the Keene Creditors Trust.
Asbestos Boiler, Machinery, and Industrial Equipment Trusts
Babcock & Wilcox. Maker of large industrial and utility boilers insulated with asbestos. Claims go through the Babcock & Wilcox Company Asbestos PI Trust.
Combustion Engineering. Maker of power plant boilers and related equipment. Claims go through the Combustion Engineering 524(g) Asbestos PI Trust.
Federal-Mogul. An auto parts group whose trust handles claims from several product lines, including the former Turner & Newall asbestos businesses. Claims go through the Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust.
DII Industries (Halliburton). This trust handles asbestos claims tied to several Halliburton-related companies, including Dresser Industries product lines. Claims go through the DII Industries, LLC Asbestos PI Trust.
H.K. Porter. A Pittsburgh industrial company whose products included asbestos brake and friction materials and textiles. Claims go through the H.K. Porter Asbestos Trust.
Asbestos Installer and Contractor Trusts
Western MacArthur / Western Asbestos. A West Coast insulation distributor and contractor. Claims go through the Western Asbestos Settlement Trust.
Lesser-Known Asbestos Trusts Families Often Miss
The famous names are only part of the picture. Regional distributors, gasket and packing makers, and specialty manufacturers also have trusts. These smaller trusts can matter a great deal for the right work history, and they are the ones families most often overlook on their own. A thorough claim review checks your loved one’s full exposure history against all active trusts, not just the well-known ones. To learn more about the process, see our asbestos trust fund claims guide.
Asbestos Trust Fund Payouts and Filing Requirements
Each trust pays approved claims at a percentage set by its trustees and may adjust over time. Any figure printed here could quickly become outdated. Each trust also publishes its own criteria, required evidence, and filing procedures. Time limits apply to both trust claims and lawsuits and vary, so it is wise to act sooner rather than later. You can read more about how payment percentages work in our asbestos trust fund payouts guide.
Next Steps If You Recognize a Company Name
If any name on this page sounds familiar, write down what you remember: where the person worked, roughly when, what the job involved, and any product names. Even partial memories can serve as useful evidence. Matching those details against the full list of trusts is exactly what a claim review does.
Share what you remember through a free case review, and we will check it against every trust that may apply.