Irish Examiner view: Insurance ruling a lifeline for desperate businesses

It is always cheering when a David beats a Goliath

Lemon and Duke pub in Dublin, which was one of the four pubs that took the test case against FBD. Picture: Collins Photos

Buying insurance can be the epitome of a David-and-Goliath mismatch. Proving all too often that possession is nine-tenths of the law, insurance companies can have the whip hand when dealing with businesses and certainly when dealing with individuals. 

The stories of people not being covered for some eventuality they imagined they were protected from are myriad, almost too many to make them newsworthy even on the slowest of slow days.