Regulator tells insurers not to pursue costs in Covid-19 test legal cases   

Publicans have launched legal cases against insurance firm FBD, claiming that the company and other insurers ought to pay out on business disruption policies. Pic: Damian Coleman

Insurers will be expected to pay the legal costs of customers who have mounted test court challenges over disputed business disruption policies during the Covid-19 crisis.  

The requirement is part of a so-called regulatory framework, established by the Central Bank to govern the behaviour of insurers.