Age concerns

Anti-discrimination legislation is big business. Following the EU Gender Directive, which is now UK law, more legislation is on the horizon to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion and belief. Of these, the first is likely to have the most significant impact on insurance. The UK insurance industry does not support or practice unfair discrimination. However, on gender, it has successfully argued that there is sound data to support differing treatments. It will do the same with regard to age. Two significant pieces of legislation are...