On May 12, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill requiring insurers to go on record as to whether their policies, which provide coverage for the loss of use and occupancy and business interruption,...more
On April 3, 2020, following in the footsteps of New Jersey, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts and Louisiana, Pennsylvania’s legislature introduced House Bill 2372, “[a]n Act providing for insurance coverage for business...more
Without question, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a world-wide pandemic and paralyzed the United States economy in the first quarter of 2020. Many businesses have been forced to shut down or modify their...more
It wasn’t a question of if, but when. And the wait wasn’t long.
Yesterday's suit was filed in a Louisiana state court by a restaurant seeking a declaration of coverage for coronavirus-caused losses under a business...more
The coronavirus is contagious. The same can be said of articles, penned by coverage lawyers, addressing the potential availability of insurance for losses tied to the pandemic. We've lost track of how many we've seen....more