Judge:  Coronavirus Losses Fail To Trigger Business Income, Civil Authority Coverage

Mealey's (June 1, 2021, 9:37 AM EDT) -- ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on May 26 held that an “all-risks” insurance policy does not provide coverage for an insured’s business income losses incurred while its operations were suspended following Gov. Tom Wolf’s March 19, 2020, order in response to the coronavirus pandemic, further finding that there is no coverage available under the policy’s civil authority provision and the policy’s virus exclusion also bars recovery....