(L-R) Greg Gotwald, Managing Partner, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP and Michael Levine, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. Courtesy photos.

One of the Ten Commandments is "You shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Basically, don't lie. That's not only a key tenet of religious traditions around the world, it's also a simple principle we teach children. It's becoming evident, however, that insurers haven't followed it with regard to COVID-19 insurance claims. More evidence now available to the public shows insurers did not actually believe the central theme to the sermon they've preached when defending pandemic-related business interruption claims.