Irish pubs' FBD Covid insurance case awaits judgment

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Irish pubs are awaiting judgment in an insurance dispute with FBD over Covid-19 business losses, reported on 23 October 2020. The cases followed FBD’s refusal to indemnify four pub businesses after pandemic-related closures, with judgment expected in early 2021.

The actions were brought by Aberken trading as Sinnotts Bar, Hyper Trust trading as The Leopardstown Inn, Inn on Hibernian Way trading as Lemon & Duke, and Leinster Overview Concepts, owner of Sean’s Bar. The publicans say their policies cover losses after authority-ordered closures linked to infectious disease outbreaks, while FBD disputes that interpretation and says its policies did not cover pandemics.