Insurer: Virus Exclusion Bars Coverage For COVID-Related Business Losses

Mealey's (July 24, 2020, 5:42 PM EDT) -- SAN ANTONIO — Dismissal of an insured's claims for business interruption coverage stemming from local and state-mandated stay-at-home orders is warranted because its claims are excluded by the policy's virus or bacteria exclusion, an insurer argues in a July 10 motion to dismiss filed in Texas federal court (Vizza Wash LP v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 20-680, W.D. Texas)....