{"id":26438,"date":"2022-01-20T10:39:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26438"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:04:23","slug":"star-entertainment-group-loses-another-lawsuit-against-insurers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/star-entertainment-group-loses-another-lawsuit-against-insurers","title":{"rendered":"Star Entertainment Group loses another lawsuit against insurers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The company was seeking AU$611,000 from insurers for spoiled food during Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0<strong>Star Entertainment Group<\/strong>\u00a0has lost its legal claim for about AU$611,000 from insurers for losses of spoiled food and beverages due to Covid-19 shutdowns in 2020. According to The Mercury,\u00a0<strong>a federal court rejected Star&#8217;s claim<\/strong>, noting that it was hindered by a $750,000 deductible in the company&#8217;s insurance policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court&#8217;s decision on the damage comes after a federal court earlier dismissed\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/star-entertainment-group-loses-legal-claim-against-chubb-insurance\">Star&#8217;s broader claims against its insurer<\/a>, Chubb Insurance, for losses resulting from the shutdown. Star appealed, and its case was part of a series of business interruption test cases before the full bench of the Federal Court in November. The federal court&#8217;s full bench delayed a decision in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last June, a group of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-pubs-in-melbourne-demand-payout-due-to-covid-19-impact\">nine pubs in Melbourne<\/a>\u00a0demanded insurers payout for the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The group <strong>claimed $26m<\/strong>\u00a0due to the impact of Covid-19 countermeasures, arguing that between June 30, 2019, and June 30, 2020, a policy to cover events like Covid-19 was provided by their insurers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company was seeking AU$611,000 from insurers for spoiled food during Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Star Entertainment Group's legal claim for AU$611,000 from Chubb Insurance for spoiled food during 2020 Covid-19 lockdowns was rejected by a federal court due to a $750,000 deductible. This decision follows earlier dismissals of broader business interruption claims and is part of ongoing test cases in Australia. The ruling highlights the complexities of insurance policy interpretation for gaming operators facing unforeseen operational disruptions.","focusai_entities":"Star Entertainment Group, Chubb Insurance, The Mercury, Federal Court","focusai_location":"Australia, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Insurance Policy Review","query":"What are the broader implications of this federal court ruling for other Australian gaming operators regarding their business interruption insurance policies and deductible structures in the context of future operational disruptions?"},{"label":"Risk Mitigation Strategies","query":"How might this judgment influence Star Entertainment Group's and other integrated resort operators' risk management frameworks and financial provisioning for unforeseen events, particularly concerning non-recoverable operational losses?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[23871],"class_list":["post-26438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-the-star-entertainment-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26448,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438\/revisions\/26448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}