How Business Insurance Could Save Your Restaurant from COVID-19

As of the end of March, almost a third of Americans were under some type of “stay-at-home” order due to COVID-19, either mandated locally or statewide, with no immediate end in sight. This world-altering development—part of a rational and effective public health strategy to slow the spread of disease and help our health care system cope with the devastating illness—has also been a widespread and immediate economic disaster for the nation’s restaurant and food service sector. Yes, many restaurants closed during the Great Recession, but the attrition happened over months or years. In March 2020, restaurateurs across the country have had to shutter their businesses in some cases literally overnight.

Some of our Washington and Oregon hospitality clients shut down early, while others waited for a government order; some shut down entirely, while some have tried to stay afloat by moving to to-go and delivery only.  All of them have asked us for help in saving their businesses and…