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Roger Williams: Forcing private companies to cover business interruption claims for COVID-19 losses would be a terrible precedent of the…

On the recordSeptember 21, 2020
Forcing private companies to cover business interruption claims for COVID-19 losses would be a terrible precedent of the government stepping in and retroactively changing the terms of an agreement between two private parties, and would decimate the insurance industry.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

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Criticizing government intervention in private insurance agreements during COVID-19.

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