Feb 11, 2021

COVID-19 BI bill introduced in state Senate

Sen. Andrew Gounardes, D-22, introduced S.4711 on Feb. 9, 2021, which would allow businesses to recover COVID-19-related business-interruption losses from their insurance carriers, even if the policy did not include coverage for infectious disease.

However, businesses looking to recover such losses would need to have had a BI policy in place that went into effect by March 7, 2020.

Additionally, Assemblyman Robert Carroll, D-44, introduced a same-as bill (A.1937) in the state Assembly last month. Both the Senate and Assembly bills are reintroductions from the state’s 2020 legislative session.