Press Release: European Commission gives guidance to Europe’s insurance industry to ensure non-discrimination between women and men in insurance premiums

The European Commission has adopted guidelines to help the insurance industry implement unisex pricing, after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that different premiums for men and women constitute sex discrimination. In its ruling on the Test-Achats case on 1 March 2011, the Court of Justice gave insurers until 21 December 2012 to treat individual male and female customers equally in terms of insurance premiums and benefits. Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner, met with leading EU insurers in September 2011 to discuss how the industry should adapt to the Court's ruling.

ESO: Background information: Court outlaws use of gender to assess risk http://www.europeansources.info/record/court-outlaws-use-of-gender-to-assess-risk/

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