Mark Lanier founder of The Lanier Law Firm. Mark Lanier founder of The Lanier Law Firm.

Four law firms have filed class actions against six different insurers, including underwriters for Lloyd's of London, alleging they denied business interruption claims filed by thousands of small businesses across the country.

In six separate lawsuits filed in federal courts across the country, Chicago's DiCello Levitt Gutzler and The Lanier Law Firm in Houston, along with two other law firms, alleged the insurers rejected special property coverage insurance claims made by small businesses impacted by mandated closures over COVID-19.

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Amanda Bronstad

Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.