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In the horse trading between the Government and Opposition that took place in the run up to the election the Equality Bill received Royal Assent.

Most of the coverage on insurance has concentrated on anti-age discrimination and its potential impact on income protection insurance, with the abolition of a set retirement age. This will come into effect in 2012 – assuming the government of the time passes the necessary commencement order. But there is an area where the industry scored a big win. One of the purposes of the Equality Bill was to harmonise discrimination law across different types of discrimination. Here there was a lot of pressure from the age and disability lobbies to adopt the same principles across the board as apply ...

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