'Will Insurance Policies Cover Business Losses Stemming From COVID-19?'

[Editor's note: Verne Pedro is Special Litigation Counsel with Fullerton Beck LLP and Managing Attorney of the New Jersey office. For more than 18 years, he has litigated and advised clients regarding insurance coverage on a wide range of first-party and third-party insurance matters. For more information on coronavirus-related insurance coverage topics, Verne can be reached at [email protected] or 732-515-6293.]

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is disrupting the entire world. Social distancing is now part of today’s lexicon, embodying a host of precautionary measures aimed at protecting human life and abating human suffering.

Efforts to reduce the spread of …