U.S. Businesses, Patients Sue China Seeking Damages From Coronavirus Outbreak May 11, 2020 By Curt Anderson Before the coronavirus outbreak, Saundra Andringa-Meuer was a healthy 61-year-old mother of six who never smoked or drank alcohol. Then...
Forced Payouts of Pandemic Claims Risk Insurers’ Financial Stability: Regulators May 7, 2020 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Forcing retroactive payouts to cover business disruption losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic could ultimately put financial stability at risk,...
Two Law Firms Seek British Businesses to Join Biz Interruption Lawsuit Against Allianz May 6, 2020 Two law firms said on Tuesday they were gathering companies in Britain for a potential group lawsuit against German insurer...
Republicans Rally Around Call for Legal Immunity for Businesses When They Reopen May 4, 2020 By Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell and David Morgan The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirus-related liability protections...
Top Insurers Face Lawsuit from UK Hospitality Sector on Rejected Biz Interruption Claims April 30, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Top insurers such as AXA, RSA, QBE and Zurich face a potential multi-million-pound lawsuit from British pubs, hotels, restaurants and...
Hiscox Action Group Gears Up to Take Hiscox to Court over COVID-19 BI Exclusions April 29, 2020 By L.S. Howard Angry Hiscox policyholders have formed an action group in the UK to fight Hiscox’s pandemic exclusions to its commercial business...
Cruise Ship Passengers Seeking COVID-19 Class Action Suits Face Uphill Legal Battle April 29, 2020 By K. Oanh Ha After two passengers on their luxury cruise tested positive for Covid-19 in March, Emilio and Barbara Hernandez were so frantic...
Analysis: Insurers Feel Rising Legal Heat for COVID-19 Business Interruption Exclusions April 28, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn, Suzanne Barlyn and Noor Zainab Hussain Daniel Duckett, owner of the Lazy Claire patisserie in Belfast, was hoping for an insurance payout of up to 100,000...
Coronavirus Business Interruption Insurance Claimants Seek to Consolidate Lawsuits April 27, 2020 By Jim Sams Two groups of plaintiffs — one in Philadelphia, the other in Chicago — are asking federal courts to consolidate lawsuits...
China Slams Coronavirus Lawsuit Brought by Missouri as ‘Very Absurd’ April 23, 2020 China on Wednesday slammed a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as...