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Claimants Need Not Own or Rent Property

The U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, has ruled that a policyholder need not own or lease a property to be eligible for business interruption coverage.

By staff Writer | Updated on August 10, 2005

The U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, has ruled that a policyholder need not own or lease a property to be eligible for business interruption coverage. In Zurich American Insurance Co. v. ABM Industries, Inc., No. 04-0445-cv (2d Cir.), the court found in favor of ABM, an engineering and janitorial company that provided extensive services in the World Trade Center.

The Second Circuit reversed summary judgment entered in Zurich’s favor by the lower court, and granted ABM summary judgment that its loss of income from destruction of the WTC Complex on Sept. 11, 2001, was covered business income. The District Court for the Southern District of New York had capped ABM’s recovery of loss of income at the $10,000,000 sublimit for contingent time element. The appellate court’s ruling will permit ABM to argue that it has business income coverage for losses totaling more than $100,000,000.

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