States Propose Bills Mandating Business Interruption Coverage For Coronavirus Losses

Mealey's (April 17, 2020, 2:20 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three South Carolina senators on April 8 introduced to the state’s General Assembly General Bill 188, which proposes that every property damage insurance policy that includes a loss of use and occupancy or business interruption shall be construed to include coverage for loss of use and occupancy or business interruption that directly or indirectly results from the coronavirus global pandemic, “including all mutated forms of the COVID-19 virus.”...