Court hears 1,100 pubs affected by Covid insurer dispute

A branch office of FBD Insurance near Baggot Street Bridge, Dublin.

Insurer FBD's reasoning for not paying out business-interruption claims caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to publicans are "plainly wrong" and "make no sense", the commercial court has heard.

In what is seen as important test cases, lawyers representing four publicans have brought cases challenging FBD Insurance's  refusal to indemnify them, and the insurer’s stance that its policies of insurance do not cover the disruption caused to businesses by Covid-19.