Force Insurance Firms to cover claims from businesses affected by Covid-19.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Pressure Insurers to retrospectively include Covid-19 as a Notifiable Disease for policy holders.

Treat business fairly. Assess claims arising from ‘Business interruption’, caused by Covid-19, and where deemed to be affected by this Notifiable Disease, offer support and financial assistance, Which is the obligation of an Insurer.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The decision to pay out under a policy is one for individual insurance companies, not the UK Government or Parliament. If you are unhappy with the decision of your insurer you should complain directly to them. If you are unsatisfied with how an insurer responds to your complaint you may wish to contact the financial ombudsman: https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/businesses/complaints-deal/insurance

You can find out what Government support is available for businesses as a result of the coronavirus here: https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/

You can find out about what Government support is available for people as a result of coronavirus (under the section on employment and financial support) here: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

16 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
31 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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