Analysis: Covid BI disputes rage on a year after Supreme Court judgment
The final bill for coronavirus-related business interruption claims could yet run much higher than the £1.3bn paid out so far depending on how issues left unanswered are resolved in the months – and possibly years – ahead.
Insurers have paid out £1.3bn on Covid-19 business interruption claims since the Supreme Court’s judgment last January. Some 42,842 BI claims have been accepted by insurers to date, of which 29,027
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