Longtime insurance attorney talks COVID-19 litigation lessons

'We're going to have more law made on business interruption in 2020 and 2021 than probably the sum of all law before that,' Laura Gregory says.

By Ron Glozman and Laura Gregory | December 01, 2020 at 11:30 AM

Insurance attorneys report that the damages component of a business interruption claim can be challenging to determine. (Photo: Lightspring for Shutterstock.com)

The following is an abridged transcript from “AI Wisdom: Talking Innovation in Insurance,” a podcast produced by Chisel AI and hosted by its founder and CEO Ron Glozman.

Here, in a segment published with permission by our sister publication Insurance Coverage Law Center, Glozman speaks with Laura Gregory, an insurance attorney who has been tracking COVID-19 business-interruption claims litigation. She shares insights about the litigation and coverage lessons learned to date by the mountain of COVID-19-related lawsuits.

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