Judge: Business Income Provision Does Not Apply To Losses Arising From COVID-19

Mealey's (April 2, 2021, 1:03 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on March 31 granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss without prejudice a hospitality support agency’s putative class action alleging the insurer wrongfully denied coverage for its losses caused by the government-ordered shutdowns prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, finding that no coverage exists under the policy’s business income, extra expense and civil authority provisions....