May 04, 2021
Chubb Ltd. unit Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Co. on Tuesday secured another court victory for insurers in a wave of suits over denials of business interruption coverage claims arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, as a Florida federal judge found that a restaurant's inability to sufficiently allege physical property damage doomed its claims.
April 16, 2021
Confronted with a growing number of court rulings in favor of insurers that denied business interruption coverage claims arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, a Florida restaurant on Friday raised what it suggested was a new argument for why the lack of a virus exclusion in its policy may change that trend.
March 19, 2021
A Chubb Ltd. unit urged a Florida federal court on Friday to toss a restaurant's proposed class action accusing the insurer of wrongly denying business interruption claims arising from COVID-19 closures, arguing that the pandemic did not cause direct physical loss or damage to the restaurant as required to trigger coverage.
April 20, 2020
Chubb Ltd. was accused Monday of wrongly denying business interruption claims arising from closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, in a shuttered South Florida restaurant's proposed class action filed in federal court.