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Insurance

Apr. 16, 2020

Insurers should have been better prepared for the virus

Over the past several weeks, news reports and their accompanying headlines have signaled what could be a pitched battle between policyholders and insurance companies over coverage for COVID-19 losses.

Richard C. Giller

Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Over the past several weeks, news reports and their accompanying headlines have signaled what could be a pitched battle between policyholders and insurance companies over coverage for COVID-19 losses. One article noted that "insurance companies are facing political pressure to pay what could be a crippling sum of coronavirus-related claims -- even though many of them say their policies don't cover pandemics." The headline of that article declared: "Insurers scramble t...

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