It can only be described as a hard-won victory for publicans. Bittersweet too, with bars across the country shuttered as the country tackles the third wave of the coronavirus. But for around 1,300 publicans with FBD policies, there is now light at the end of the tunnel. Business interruption claims for lost revenue will have to be honoured, courtesy of this morning’s landmark Commercial Court ruling that FBD’s insurance policy does, in fact, provide cover for covid related pub closures. What sort of pay out the FBD policyholders can expect will be determined at a later court hearing – unless of…

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