Partner Mikaela Whitman discusses event cancellation insurance and the coronavirus with Sports Business Journal. By Adam Stern and Bill King. Originally published March 9, 2020, at https://bit.ly/2y55Riv The specter of having to cancel sporting events due to the coronavirus has grown recently, and experts say that only the properties...
One of the things we’re cautioning policy holders is, because this language is so different from policy to policy, don’t assume you don’t have coverage. It can depend on how disease is defined. Is [COVID-19] a disease or a virus? Does it fit into the special language of the policy? It will really come down on a case-by-case basis.