FBD executive admits it was 'somewhat unfair' to offer then withdraw Covid-19 cover to publican

Noel Anderson, whose business partners include Irish rugby players Sean O'Brien, Dave and Rob Kearney, and Jamie Heaslip, said he had specifically switched to FBD Insurance believing its policies covered coronavirus.

FBD's Chief of Underwriting Kate Tobin said she could understand why the decision could be seen to be unfair and "not a great thing to have done".

A senior executive with FBD has accepted it was "somewhat unfair" of the insurer to tell a publican his business was covered for losses caused by Covid-19 only to subsequently withdraw that cover some weeks later.

FBD's Chief of Underwriting Kate Tobin was asked by Michael Cush SC for the owners of the Dublin bar/restaurant the Lemon and Duke was it unfair of the insurer to tell Noel Anderson that FBD business disruption policy for pubs in early March covered the pandemic.