A gavel lies on a desk next to a paper with "COVID-19" stamped on it in red ink. At the direction of the federal government and state authorities, Huntington Ingalls made changes "that involve[d] physical alterations to its insured locations" in order to combat the spread of COVID, which in turn meant the insured locations could not "function for [their] intended purpose[s]." (Credit: Mehaniq/Shutterstock)
The Supreme Court of Vermont has given the go-ahead for military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. to pursue property insurance damages related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case is Huntington Ingalls Industries v. Ace American Ins. Co. , 2022 VT 45 (Vt. 2022). 

Huntington Ingalls Industries (Huntington Ingalls), the largest military shipwright in the United States, purchased a commercial property policy from a captive subsidiary, Huntington Ingalls Industries Risk Management LLC, in March 2020; the insurer, in turn, obtained multiple reinsurance policies for that property policy, one of which was Ace American.

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