{"id":168213,"date":"2021-03-23T05:34:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T12:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=168213"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:37:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:37:45","slug":"caesars-sues-insurance-firms-for-2-billion-for-nixing-covid-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/caesars-sues-insurance-firms-for-2-billion-for-nixing-covid-payout\/","title":{"rendered":"Caesars Sues Insurance Firms for $2 Billion for Nixing COVID Payout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caesars Entertainment<\/a> is suing a group of insurance firms for $2 billion for, in its opinion, welching on a bet. In a note to the SEC Monday, the US casino giant says insurers have refused to pay out on an estimated $2 billion in losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Render unto Caesars a $2 billion insurance payout. The casino giant owns more than 50 casinos in the US, including its flagship Caesars Palace (pictured). (Image: Caesars Entertainment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This, despite Caesars having paid $25 million in premiums towards \u201ca top-of-the-line, all-risk policy portfolio\u201d that promised to ensure against \u201call risk of physical loss or damage,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n

Among the defendants in the case are some of the country\u2019s most recognizable insurance companies, including Allianz, Chubb, Aspen, and Lloyds of London.<\/p>\n

Odds Favor Insurers <\/strong><\/h2>\n

As the biggest casino operator in the US, Caesars was heavily exposed to financial loss resulting from the widespread closure of casinos that occurred in March last year.<\/p>\n

Caesars was greatly enlarged by last year\u2019s merger with Eldorado Resorts. It now owns 50 properties in 16 states across America, all of which were shuttered at various times last year in an effort to slow the pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment orders have required, at various times, in various degrees, and in various locations, shutdowns, lockdowns, facility closures, quarantines, travel restrictions, and operation restrictions, all of which substantially impacted Caesars\u2019 properties and businesses,\u201d Caesars\u2019 said in a lawsuit filed Friday in the Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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Caesars is not the first casino company to sue its insurers in a bid to recoup losses from the pandemic. Others, including Treasure Island and Circus Circus owner Phil Ruffin<\/a>, are among hundreds of businesses from numerous sectors that have tried their luck against intransigent insurance firms. Ruffin\u2019s case was dismissed last month in favor of his insurance company, AIG.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to The Wall Street Journal,<\/em> the insurers have had the upper hand, so far winning around 80 percent of roughly 200 lawsuits.<\/p>\n

Ceasars’ Argues Pandemic Causes Physical Damage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Typically, insurers are arguing that claimants need to show their business and properties have suffered actual physical damage from the pandemic. And courts are ruling that the temporary closure of a property doesn\u2019t cause physical damage in the way that a fire or a hurricane would.<\/p>\n

Caesars argues that the disruption to its business caused by the pandemic does constitute physical damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis risk [from pandemics] was covered and not excluded in the All-Risk Policies at issue,\u201d Caesars argued in the lawsuit, but it acknowledged that the odds may be stacked against it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caesars Entertainment is suing a group of insurance firms for $2 billion for, in its opinion, welching on a bet. In a note to the SEC Monday, the US casino giant says insurers have refused to pay out on an estimated $2 billion in losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 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