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15 January 2021 Insurance – Business interruption insurance – COVID-19 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) commenced the present test case under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme (the scheme) for the benefit of insurance policyholders, who held insurance policies which covered them against losses arising from interruption of business, to urgently clarify whether or not there was cover in principle under a variety of different standard insurance policies for COVID-19 related business losses. The defendants were eight insurers who were leading providers of ‘business interruption’ insurance. The aim of the proceedings was to achieve the maximum clarity possible for the maximum number of policyholders and their insurers by considering a representative sample of standard form business interruption policies. The proper interpretation of four types of clauses in particular were considered, namely; (i) ‘disease clauses’; (ii) ‘prevention of access clauses’; ....