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Judgment Handed Down in FCA’s Business Interruption Insurance Test Case

The High Court has ruled in favour of policyholders in the business interruption insurance test case brought by the FCA.

“A landmark decision has been handed down by the High Court today in favour of policyholders in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) business interruption test case.

The FCA brought the case on behalf of policyholders against eight insurers to try to resolve the lack of clarity in business interruption claims due to Covid-19.

The decision considers 21 different policy wordings and could help hospitality businesses making claims under business interruption insurance.

The insurers are reportedly considering the judgment and what it might mean, and ultimately whether to pursue an appeal.

The FCA’s comments on the decision can be found here

About the author: Carl Weston

Carl Weston joined Poppleston Allen solicitors in January 2015 as head of Marketing and Business Development. Carl was promoted to Partner (non-solicitor) in June 2022.

He has over 25 years’ experience in marketing within business-to-business and professional services. He is a committee member of the Business Marketing Club (East Midlands) and in 2021, was made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Carl sits on Poppleston Allen’s management team and is responsible for communications, legal directory submissions, business development and client listening programmes.

And he takes the lead in managing relationships with several high-profile sponsorships including The Morning Advertiser and the R200.

During his marketing career, Carl and his teams have been recognised with several awards, including the ‘Thomson Reuters International Business Development Award’ for best use of data and technology. Plus, he was named as a future legal management leader by The Lawyer Magazine.

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