Although your insurance company undoubtedly will try to convince you that you have no coverage for your business interruption losses from COVID-19, do not be so quick to accept the insurer’s position. In its simplest terms, the business interruption coverage in most commercial property policies provides coverage for a covered cause of loss if (1)
If your organization sustains COVID-19 losses, carefully examine your commercial property insurance policy for coverage. Although your insurer may deny coverage by claiming that your policy requires physical loss or property damage, do not accept that assertion. Adhesion or attachment of the coronavirus onto an insured’s property may constitute “direct physical loss” and trigger coverage