Gender ruling
Interview - Janet Connor: targeting the over 50s demographic
Managing director of Rias Janet Connor chats to Amy Ellis about targeting the over-50s demographic, embracing aggregators and non-insurance diversification.
Lord Myners raises gender question
The European Court of Justice ruling on gender has again been raised in Parliament.
Exclusive gender-ruling content now available on Post Europe
Post Europe’s weekly update is now live with three different opinions from the insurance industry on last week’s gender-ruling from the European Court of Justice.
Post Europe: View from the top - A shared responsibility for honest consumers
Ludicrous, stupid, unfair, illogical… these are just some of the comments I have heard from peers in the industry regarding the ruling by the European Court of Justice to annul the ‘insurance exemption’ from the gender directive as of December 2012.
Post Europe: Telematics – a ready-made gender solution?
Following the gender ruling last week insurers now need to look at how they price motor risks, Ian Faulkner argues that telematics is a ready-made solution and that with legislation considering this anyway insurers would be well placed to start…
Where does discrimination stop?
Europe has made it clear that gender discrimination is no longer acceptable in insurance and this is going to have long lasting affects on the market. Catherine Barton reflects that this is not the only area where discrimination is seen and asks when it…
Post Europe: Where does discrimination stop?
Europe has made it clear that gender discrimination is no longer acceptable in insurance and this is going to have long lasting affects on the market. Catherine Barton reflects that this is not the only area where discrimination is seen and asks when it…
News analysis - ECJ Judgment: The gender judgment
The Test-Achats case will have huge consequences for the motor, life and health insurance industries. Andy Tromans and Nick Elwell-Sutton explore the ramifications.
Interview – Peter Halpin: keeping Swinton on the acquisition track
Swinton CEO Peter Halpin had a lot to live up to - following, as he did, in Patrick Smith’s footsteps. He talks to Leigh Jackson about taking the company forward and continuing its impressive acquisition record.
Aviva gears up for telematics return as motor rates rise
Aviva has mooted reintroducing telematics technology for private cars during 2011, according to UK chief executive Mark Hodges.
Post Magazine – 10 March 2011
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Lords accuse gender ruling of "preventing true equality"
Members of the House of Lords have criticised the European Court of Justice ruling on gender discrimination in insurance policies and annuities.
Lords accuse gender ruling of "preventing true equality"
Members of the House of Lords have criticised the European Court of Justice ruling on gender discrimination in insurance policies and annuities.
New rating factors needed after European gender ban
Insurers will have to look at additional rating factors now that gender is not an option, following the European Court of Justice ruling that a person's sex can no longer be used to calculate insurance premiums or annuity rates.
New rating factors needed after European gender ban – Insurance News Now – 2 March 2011
Post news editor Mairi MacDonald outlines this week’s major general insurance stories including what the ECJ’s ruling that a person’s gender can no longer be used to calculate insurance premiums or annuity rates will mean for insurers.
At face value gender decision “seems sensible”
Commenting on today’s decision in the European Court of Justice, James Gilmour, product manager business insurance at Simply Business, said that in general, commercial insurers do not consider gender when they are pricing business insurance.
Larger insurers could benefit from gender ruling claims Towers Watson
Today's European Court of Justice gender ruling could ultimately favour larger insurers with greater resources.
Gender ruling could give rise to further legal challenges, law firm warns
Today's ruling on gender being used for insurance purposes could trigger a spate of further litigation according to one actuarial firm.
PWC predicts increase in pay-as-you-drive in wake of gender ruling
Today's European Court of Justice ruling that from 21 December 2012 insurers will no longer be able to charge different insurance premiums to men and women because of their gender, could lead to a steep uptake in pay-as-you-drive schemes.
Insurers could turn to equally divisive pricing factors after gender ban
Today's ruling that prevents insurers from pricing risk by reference to data that distinguishes specifically between men and women seems to put European insurers at a disadvantage to others who will not be required by law to take a blinkered view of…
ECJ decision a gender tax on women claims Confused
The outcome of the European court of Justice ruling is effectively a gender tax on women.
Fitch: Gender ruling may expose insurers to more aggregator fraud
Fitch expects most insurers will be able to cope with the changes which will be brought about by the European Court of Justice ruling preventing insurers from charging different rates for insurance based on gender.
CEA “deeply disappointed” by ECJ gender-ruling
The CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, is deeply disappointed by today’s judgement by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the provision enabling EU insurers to use actuarial and statistical factors based on sex in their risk…
Metaskil welcomes gender decision
Ian Faulkner, managing director at Metaskil has welcomed the European Court of Justice ruling making it illegal to take gender into account when fixing insurance premiums.