{"id":166,"date":"2020-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fenchurchlaw.hostingsystems.co.uk\/sg\/blog\/2020\/05\/14\/covid-19-business-interruption-update-fca-invites-policyholder-submissions\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T16:03:48","slug":"covid-19-business-interruption-update-fca-invites-policyholder-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fenchurchlaw.com\/en-sg\/covid-19-business-interruption-update-fca-invites-policyholder-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Business Interruption Update: FCA Invites Policyholder Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Further to its announcement on 1 May that it intended to seek a declaratory court ruling on common coverage issues arising in relation to COVID-19 business interruption claims, the FCA has now invited submissions from policyholders and intermediaries who would like their insurer to be considered for inclusion in the process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/news\/statements\/business-interruption-insurance-during-coronavirus\">https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/news\/statements\/business-interruption-insurance-during-coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Policyholders and intermediaries are invited to submit:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 arguments why they consider cover should be available, together with details of policies that they consider have not responded appropriately to a claim; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 brief relevant facts of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Any material for consideration is to be emailed to biinsurancetestcase@fca.org.uk by <strong>Wednesday 20 May 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The FCA has committed to engaging openly with policyholders and their representatives at key stages of the process, and a dedicated web page has also been set up to provide information, updates and access to documents including court pleadings:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/firms\/business-interruption-insurance\">https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/firms\/business-interruption-insurance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further to its announcement on 1 May that it intended to seek a declaratory court ruling on common coverage issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[82,148,203,315],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-policyholder","tag-fca","tag-business-interruption","tag-covid-19"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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