Class action certified against NB (among others) in Canada over Covid BII coverage

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In Canada, a couple of our ambulance-chasing law firms have successfully certified a class of litigants who had their covid related business interruption claims denied.  It appears that Northbridge is one of the insurers that has been named.  It's a bit of a tradition to list everybody and his dog as a defendant for a lawsuit, so it's unclear whether this actually portends an expansion of legitimate covid indemnities for NB, but the dollars could very easily become material:

 

 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-court-certifies-class-action-lawsuit-against-14-insurers-over-business/