Policyholders and insurers will be eagerly awaiting rulings from several state high courts on coverage for COVID-19 business interruption losses in the back half of 2022, as well as guidance on when property insurance appraisals can proceed and whether insurers can depreciate labor costs when calculating payments to homeowners.
Business owners who say they suffered losses caused by civil unrest stemming from the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in a nationally publicized incident are turning to the courts to get compensation from their insurers, raising a potentially "tricky" coverage issue, experts told Law360.
Actress Amber Heard's insurer is telling a California federal court wants out of paying for her loss in the defamation lawsuit brought by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, and insurance experts say she faces an uphill battle overcoming California policy that bars coverage for intentional acts.
READY TO PUBLISH Policyholders and insurers will turn their attention to Washington's top court on June 28 as the justices consider whether a pediatric dental practice was insured for losses caused by government-imposed restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a venue policyholder attorneys have long hoped would prove friendly to their clients.