The ABI's Working Party has issued a set of guidelines to help insurers ensure they meet their responsibilities in offering disabled people, where possible, the same terms as able-bodied policyholders
The government is committed to ensuring that disabled people have access to the goods, services and facilities that other people take for granted. To that end, the first two phases of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) have been in effect since 2 December 1996 and 1 October 1999 respectively. All service providers, including insurers, have a duty to take reasonable steps to change any practice, procedure or policy that makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to use their services. For insurers, specifically, this means disabled people being able to take out ...
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