Virus Exclusion Bars Coverage For COVID-19 Losses, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 11, 2021, 12:17 PM EST) -- LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky federal judge on March 10 granted an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after determining that no coverage is afforded for an insured’s business losses sustained in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic because the loss was not a specified cause of loss as defined in the policy’s virus endorsement and the policy’s virus exclusion clearly bars coverage....