gender discrimination
Regulation
Introducing gender-neutral rates will result in premium hikes for life insurance and critical illness (CI), HM Treasury has warned.
13 December 2011
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2 min read
Underwriting
The government has begun consulting on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor after a European Court of Justice ruling said providers could not charge different premiums to men and women because of their sex.
08 December 2011
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1 min read
Insurer
Zurich has urged advisers to be prepared for the impact of gender neutrality on their clients and business.
10 November 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Exeter Family Friendly is believed to be one of the first insurers to publicly revamp its protection products to accommodate the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on gender based pricing.
22 September 2011
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1 min read
Underwriting
The Treasury has confirmed new European rules outlawing the use of gender in underwriting will not affect policies taken out before 21 December 2012.
30 June 2011
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1 min read
uncategorised
Jonathan Rees, director general of the Government Equalities Office, has reassured insurers there will not be a ban on age-based insurance pricing in the near future.
24 June 2011
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1 min read
uncategorised
Age could become the next factor to be banned from use in underwriting insurance and annuities, according to lawyers Pinsent Masons.
31 May 2011
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3 min read
Underwriting
The debate between insurers "right" to assess risk vs concerns about unethical discrimination has come into sharp focus again.
08 April 2011
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3 min read
Individual Protection
The European Court of Justice ruling on gender has again been raised in Parliament.
15 March 2011
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1 min read
Individual Protection
Defaqto has called the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling to ban gender based pricing as "probably the biggest change to affect the life and protection industry for a long time."
11 March 2011
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1 min read
