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Comment: UK insurance sector’s future at crossroads after Covid-19 court defeat

By Fiona Maxwell ( January 15, 2021, 15:05 GMT | Comment) -- When insurers, policyholders and their lawyers have digested a ruling today by the UK's highest court that represented a substantial win for small businesses pummeled by Covid-19, attention will turn to the future of the insurance industry. Policyholders have a reason to be angry after months of being told their business-interruption insurance cover wouldn't pay out, only for the Supreme Court to rule in their favor today.Insurers’ defeat at the hands of the UK's top judges against small businesses claiming Covid-19 payouts could be the first step toward irreversible change for the sector — either by its own will or from a policyholder-driven backlash....

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