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Big Data Is My Copilot: Auto Insurers Push Devices That Track Driving Habits
Increasingly, Big Data – make that Big Brother? – is in the front seat of your car, and is affecting how much you pay for […]
The Government Finally Did Something About Robocalls
Anyone with a mobile phone knows the unpleasant sensation of answering a call from an unfamiliar number only to hear a pre-recorded marketing or scam […]
The Insane Reason You Could Pay 50% More For Car Insurance
You probably figure that if you’re a bad driver and collect some fender-benders or speeding tickets in your DMV record, your insurance company is going […]
Federal Court rules insurance companies have to behave decently. That’s a big deal
It almost reads like a John Grisham novel. Self-employed woman contracts cancer. Claims under her income-protection insurance policy. Insurer cancels the policy after investigation reveals […]
Can health insurance companies charge the unvaccinated higher premiums? What about life insurers? 5 questions answered
The current COVID-19 wave in the U.S. is mostly affecting unvaccinated Americans, who represent more than 95% of current cases of hospitalization and death. Given the […]
Australians need more protection against genetic discrimination: health experts
Genomic testing — the ability to read an individual’s genetic code and identify their risk of conditions such as cancer — has opened up huge […]
More scrutiny needed on commissions paid to life insurance advisers
The proposed changes to commissions for selling life insurance may just tip the system back in favour of the customer. For years paying life insurance […]
Canada’s Genetic Non-Discrimination Act has only had a limited impact on the use of genetic information by life insurers
The advancement of genetic technologies in the past three decades has spotlighted the urgent need to address genetic discrimination. Genetic discrimination is the differential adverse […]
ASIC’s lawsuit against Cbus has put the big super funds on notice
Does your superannuation fund also provide you with insurance? Many of us are automatically enrolled without even realising. Now, the way super funds handle such […]