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Greggs Asks $137 Million Insurance Payout From Zurich Over Virus
Greggs Asks $137 Million Insurance Payout From Zurich Over Virus
01 Nov 2021, 02:23 AM IST
(Bloomberg) --
U.K. baker Greggs Plc filed a $137 million (£100 million) legal claim against Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group in a disagreement over a pandemic-related insurance payout, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
The chain claims it is entitled to that amount of compensation for when its stores had to close during government-enforced lockdowns last year, but Zurich thinks Greggs is only entitled to $3.4 million (£2.5 million), according to filings lodged in the High Court last week, the paper said.
In January, the U.K. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by insurers against Covid-19 payouts, ruling that in most cases insurers should pay up for business interruption costs.
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