January 27, 2021
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday freed Cincinnati Insurance Co. from having to cover a hotel company's pandemic-related losses, finding the hotel failed to allege that either COVID-19 or ensuing government shutdown orders caused physical damage to its property.
October 13, 2020
The Cincinnati Insurance Co. is urging an Illinois federal court to throw out claims by The Bend Hotel Development Co. LLC that the insurer was wrong to deny it coverage for COVID-19-related losses, saying the virus does not cause physical damage, a "fundamental prerequisite" for coverage.
August 07, 2020
An Illinois hotel told a federal court Thursday that its insurer unreasonably denied coverage for its business losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rebutting the company's assertion that a virus can't cause "physical loss" to a property.