Odimegwu Onwumere
Some insurance firms argue that they would pay COVID-19 claim, while others said they would not. In some countries like South Africa, there have been litigations with defendants and plaintiffs asking court to define whether there should be payment to the insureds or not.
In other countries like Nigeria, the umbrella body of insurers, the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA), believed that its member-companies would honour claims arising from COVID-19.
Looking for proof to back the supposition, some experts argued that there was a similar controversy that surrounded insurance policies in Tunisia and Egypt during the Arab Spring. To the experts, decision on the matter was characterised by confusion given that every policy operated different wordings.