New Jersey Law Requires Insurers to State Whether Business Interruption Policies Cover Global Virus Transmission, Pandemic Coverage | White and Williams LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On May 12, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill requiring insurers to go on record as to whether their policies, which provide coverage for the loss of use and occupancy and business interruption, cover global virus transmission or pandemics. The law first requires an insurer to disclose to new and renewing insureds whether the policy provides such coverage. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance prescribes the form and manner of providing this notice for this first provision. The law also requires any ins...