By: Edward M. Koch and Elizabeth C. Dolce Commentary on insurance coverage for businesses in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) has largely, and unsurprisingly, focused on business interruption losses, civil…
The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter – March 2020
We continue to carefully monitor and report on coronavirus and related insurance developments. We also continue to report on other developments in the insurance industry. Above all, please take care of yourselves and be safe.
Top Developments – March 2020
Top Developments in Additional Insured, Bad Faith, Duty to Defend, Innocent Co-Insured and Occurance
No (Social) Distance for Reinsurers? If Lawmakers Force Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Claims, Will Reinsurers Follow?
By: Daryn E. Rush, Justin K. Fortescue and Ciaran B. Way As legislators in New Jersey debate a new law that would force insurers to pay COVID-19-related claims that are…
New Jersey’s Proposed COVID-2019 Business Interruption Insurance Legislation Fails to Socially Distance Itself From Constitutional Prohibitions
By: Edward M. Koch and Felix S. Yelin Without question, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a world-wide pandemic and paralyzed the United States economy in the first quarter…
COVID-19: The Real Operation of New Jersey’s Proposed Insurance Legislation
The New Jersey legislature recently introduced a bill designed to compel insurance companies to pay some business interruption claims arising out of the coronavirus