Hotel group sues insurers Published: 4/6/2021 6:06:41 PM A group of 23 hotels – including four in New Hampshire – is suing their insurance companies, claiming that they were refused coverage for their pandemic losses even though they were not excluded by their coverage. The group, led by New Hampshire-based Schleicher and Stebbins Hotels (S&S), a hotel management company, filed the suit in June in Merrimack County Superior Court. The first hearing was held on the matter last Thursday in what promises to be lengthy litigation. The suit – one of a thousand suits filed around the country by the hospitality industry against insurers – appears to be the first in New Hampshire. Many have failed because most policies – 83% – specifically exclude coverage under a pandemic, but the policies in this case don’t have those exclusions, says S&S, and the losses should be covered.