Policyholders are hailing two recent victories in their pursuit of insurance coverage for COVID-related business interruption losses. A North Carolina court granted a policyholder summary judgment that a commercial property...more
A New Jersey state court recently rejected an insurer’s claim that COVID-related losses cannot qualify as covered losses. In Optical Services USA/JCI v. Franklin Mutual Insurance Co., No. BER-L-3681-20, pending in the...more
Insurers and policyholders long have debated whether business interruption insurance covers losses resulting from governmental orders – a debate intensified by numerous recent coverage claims arising from COVID-19 forced...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued an Opinion that, although unrelated to insurance, provides helpful language to which policyholders and their counsel likely will cite in support of arguments for insurance...more
The Pennsylvania Senate has joined the ranks of other states’ lawmakers, as well as Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, in proposing broad legislation that would assist policyholders that are suffering from the major...more