This article is based on a presentation by the
authors (along with Marc L. Penchansky and Felix S. Yelin) at White and Williams LLP's
Virtual Coverage College® on October 22, 2020. Every year,
hundreds of insurance professionals come to Philadelphia—this
year via our online platform—to participate in a full day of
lectures and interactive presentations by White and Williams
lawyers and guest panelists about the latest issues and challenges
involved in claims handling and insurance litigation.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic and government stay-at-home orders
came an unprecedented number of claims for business interruption
coverage under first-party property policies—and the
inevitable coverage litigation over those claims followed closely
behind. As of this writing, we are aware of at
least 70 court decisions on motions by
insurers to dismiss policyholder lawsuits seeking
