U.S. efforts to help businesses recover are triggering lobbying skirmishes, and one of the biggest fights pits restaurants against insurers
WASHINGTON—The government’s efforts to help businesses recover from the coronavirus pandemic are triggering waves of lobbying skirmishes, and one of the biggest fights shaping up pits restaurants against the insurance industry.
Restaurants and their allies are lobbying President Trump and Congress to press insurance companies to cover “business interruption” claims stemming from the coronavirus, even where restaurants have policies that exclude losses from pandemics.
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