Claim Denial Forced Health Provider to Fight "Two-Fronted" War

Northwell Health Inc., New York State’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, filed suit seeking coverage for coronavirus-related losses under a health care premises pollution liability policy. The case is Northwell Health Inc. v. Illinois Union Insurance Co., case number unavailable.

The suit, filed on July 24th, alleges that Illinois Union Insurance Co.’s (Illinois Union) denial of coverage for the losses it suffered arising from the coronavirus pandemic has forced Northwell Health Inc. (Northwell) to fight a war on two fronts. First, against the worst public health crisis the world has seen in generations, and second, to obtain insurance coverage to which it is clearly entitled.