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Happy New Year! Not surprisingly, the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog’s top ten most read posts of 2020 are dominated by COVID-19 business interruption insurance issues, as these disputes monopolized media headlines throughout the year. While 2021 shows promise for gaining control over the disease, the resulting insurance disputes are certain to remain center stage and our team will continue to report on material developments involving COVID-19 and other insurance coverage issues.

Top Ten Most Read Blog Posts of 2020:

• First Houston-Area Lawsuit Filed Over COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
• Two More Lawsuits Filed Over COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
• Global Insurer Agrees to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims
• Cancelled Due To COVID-19? Look Closely At Your Event Cancellation Policy
• New Jersey Pulls Bill to Ensure Business Income Coverage for Small Business COVID-19 Losses
• First Suit to Enforce Business-Interruption Coverage Filed
• The New Jersey General Assembly Passes Bill Ensuring Business Income Coverage for COVID-19 Losses
• Court Concludes That COVID-19 Losses Can Qualify as “Direct Physical Loss”
• Lorie Masters and Michael Levine Set the Record Straight About Insurance for COVID-19 Losses
• Louisiana Joins Push to Ensure Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses

The top three most read articles in December 2020 were:

• Cheesecake Factory’s SEC Fines Are Latest D&O Liability to Stem from COVID-19 Pandemic
• Chubb Breaches Stowers Duty, Owes $7+ Million for Rejecting Unconditional Limits Demand
• Federal Court Provides Soothing Comfort for Spa’s COVID-19 Business Income Claim

Other interesting articles posted last month were:

• UK Bill to Create Stricter Reign Over Acquisitions Implicating D&O Insurance
• Court Rejects Insurer’s Late-Notice Defense, Allowing Meat and Poultry Producer Recall Claim to Proceed
• Nasdaq Board Diversity Proposal Highlights Importance of ESG Issues, Increased D&O Risks
• Federal Court Provides Soothing Comfort for Spa’s COVID-19 Business Income Claim
• General Liability Insurer Must Defend Trademark and Other IP Claims
• Insurer Can’t Mute TV Station’s Recovery for $25 Million Malpractice Claim