Rejected petition Force insurance companies to pay out small businesses on disruption cover

We want the government to force insurance companies to payout For COVID-19 on the disruption policy cover that many businesses have taken out thinking it would help protect them should anything like this happen

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If the insurance companies payout to
Small businesses it well with job retention, stop businesses closing and going into liquidation, help with the current employment issues.

Insurances companies / brokers should be held accountable for the policies they have sold to many businesses thinking they would be covered for any disruption. Many small businesses are facing huge financial difficulties due to current pandemic with no help from the insurance industry.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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 information about support available to businesses here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 18 April 2020
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