Coronavirus Would Not Be Naturally Included As ‘Pollutant,’ Insured Argues

(April 30, 2020, 1:33 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A global Jewish human rights organization and its two-time Academy Award-winning film division on April 29 sued their insurer in a California federal court, seeking a declaration that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s March 19 “Safer at Home Emergency Order” triggers business interruption coverage because their all-risk insurance policy does not include an exclusion for a virus or global pandemic (Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc., et al. v. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies/Federal Insurance Company, No. 20-03890, C.D. Calif.).   ...