HFW : COVID-19 Bi Losses: English High Court confirms loss of use is not equivalent to physical loss of property
The recent judgment in the FCA business interruption test case ruled on the interpretation of notifiable disease and non-damage prevention of access extensions under BI policies. However, one issue that the test case did not consider was coverage of COVID-19 BI losses under the principal BI insuring clause (which typically provides cover for BI arising out of “damage” to insured...