I blogged last week about today's European Court of Justice hearing in relation to whether or not men and women could be charged different premiums for various types of insurance. This includes life assurance, income protection cover, car insurance - any type of insurance where gender is a factor in the price.
Well the Court today decided that gender-based pricing is not in keeping with EU law. BUT they have permitted an extension such that the current pricing methods can continue to apply until 21st December 2012.
No doubt our insurance companies will be poring over the full text of the judgement in the coming days to see what needs to be done. But it's business as usual for now...
You can read the press release here.
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