What will be the long-term impact of lawsuits and legislation on business interruption insurance? (Photo: Shutterstock)

It did not take long.

Within days of the first stay-at-home orders, news began bubbling about how insurance companies were going to handle the crush of business interruption (BI) claims for the economic losses caused by the shutdown. There was no shortage of blogs, articles and discussions about whether there was coverage for these claims, and in the mere three months since, this issue already has a long history. But where do things stand now?

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