Submitted on Thursday 19th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Pressure Insurers to pay out on cancellations of weddings due to COVID-19
Mis-leading and contradictory information on wedding insurance contracts have led to couples being snookered; unable to cancel/move their weddings as venues want this to proceed at all costs and under exemptions, insurers will not pay out if a government mandated regulation prohibits mass gatherings
Wedding insurance documents include this statement below which indicates that Corona Virus/COVID-19 is covered:
The venue and caterer are "unable to hold your wedding due to an outbreak of infectious or contagious disease”
However under exemptions, the below is stated:
"Any claim arising “directly or indirectly from government regulation or act and monetary losses which are more specifically insured” will not be covered.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/businesses/complaints-deal/insurance
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: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters sent to Government Ministers on 30 March: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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