As a result of the widespread impact of pandemics like COVID-19, the exorbitant losses incurred across the business sector, and the inability for private insurers to cover the massive losses ...

The California Supreme Court, answering a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, found that a commercial insurance...

As we pass eight months since COVID-19 was first declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, those in media, entertainment, and the arts continue to grapple with the virus's impact on their business.

On April 13, 2020, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued Bulletin 2020-3 requiring California licensed insurers to issue premium refunds to a broad array of policyholders for both personal and commercial lines.

While U.S. policyholders are primarily still in the early stages of the claim process and likely coverage litigation regarding COVID-19-related business interruption claims...

Plaintiff, a diamond dealer, alleged that due to the pandemic and governmental closure orders, it was only able to conduct limited business and suffered income losses.

A second court in Ohio has ruled for policyholders and refused to throw out an insurance claim for financial losses following government orders shuttering businesses...

On Jan. 10, 2022, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury (Departments) issued FAQs which require group health plans and insurers to cover at-home COVID-19 diagnostic tests, ...

On October 25, 2022, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a restaurant operator's COVID-19 business interruption claims. Relying on United Talent Agency v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 77...

There has been no shortage of news this month, so it is understandable that a major presidential proposal garnered relatively little attention at the time.

State legislatures across the country continue to be concerned with insurers seeking to avoid their coverage obligations for COVID-19-related business interruption losses.

In what can be considered a victory for the drinking classes (see Taps & Bourbon on Terrace, LLC v. Underwriters at Lloyds London, et al.)

On August 8, 2020, the president signed several executive memoranda and an order addressing the continued economic havoc of the COVID-19 pandemic, two of which are of direct interest to employers.

On April 20, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal charges against eighteen defendants for various alleged COVID-19 healthcare fraud schemes.

A qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) complaint was recently unsealed against Cerebral, a telehealth startup that provides virtual mental-health therapy, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...

Late last week, the California Court of Appeal issued another COVID-19 business interruption decision...

In an order dated December 15, 2020, a California federal court found in favor of an insurance broker, dismissing a professional negligence claim whereby the plaintiffs alleged that the broker failed to procure ...

A Florida federal court addressed whether COVID-19 business interruption claims could proceed under a policy's "Loss of Attraction" coverage for infectious disease...

On July 31, the seven-member Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPML) heard oral argument of extraordinary length on the potential consolidation of all federal cases ...

On June 29, 2020, the California Legislature amended California Assembly Bill 1552 (AB 1552) to address purported insurance recovery for COVID-19 losses.