Judgment in UK COVID Business Interruption Appeal Will Be Handed Down in January December 18, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn LONDON – There will be no judgment in an appeal over business interruption insurance this year, Britain’s markets watchdog said...
S. African Insurer Guardrisk Will Not Challenge Court Ruling on COVID-19 Claims December 18, 2020 JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Guardrisk will not further challenge a court process that has found it liable to pay...
South Africa Court Dismisses Insurer Guardrisk’s Appeal in Coronavirus Claims Case December 17, 2020 JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Thursday dismissed insurer Guardrisk’s appeal against a previous ruling that found it was...
South African Insurer Santam to Appeal COVID-19 Business Interruption Ruling November 20, 2020 Santam said on Friday it would appeal against a court ruling that found South Africa’s largest non-life insurer liable to...
South African Insurer Santam Loses COVID-19 Business Interruption Test Case November 18, 2020 By Roxanne Henderson A Cape Town court ordered Santam Ltd. to pay out business-interruption claims to two South African hospitality companies, potentially opening...
Insurers Using Counter-Intuitive Arguments to Escape COVID Liabilities: UK Regulator November 18, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Insurers are trying to escape liability for pandemic-related business losses with counter-intuitive arguments that go against the essential purpose of...
Insurers Tell UK Supreme Court They Cannot Provide Unlimited Cover During Pandemic November 16, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley Major insurance companies told the UK Supreme Court on Monday that thousands of small companies battered by the coronavirus pandemic...
Agents Warned of ‘Creative’ Attorneys, Virus Lawsuits September 30, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones Agents and brokers should be on alert that plaintiffs’ attorneys in COVID-19 related business interruption claims lawsuits may be eyeing...
Judge Tosses Texas Barbershops’ Suit Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses August 16, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones A federal judge has agreed with an insurer that a group of barbershops in the San Antonio, Texas-area have no...
Illinois Lawsuits Challenge Society Insurance’s Coronavirus Claim Denials April 3, 2020 Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court in Illinois by a group of businesses — who were forced to...