The debate surrounding the role of life insurance, the necessity of risk rating, and the notion
of “acceptable discrimination” has raised questions about the larger social role of insurance …

Whether insurance companies should have access to genetic test results of insurance
applicants and/or should be allowed to impose such testing as part of insurance …

The possibility of using genetic information and testing in life insurance underwriting has
stimulated legislative and policy discussion at all levels, international, regional, and national …

Public concern about genetic discrimination, particularly access to insurance following
genetic testing, has been reported in the literature. This paper aims to separate myths from …

This article offers an analysis of the way private insurers deal with the issue of genetics and
insurance. Drawing on specific written insurance sources, a reconstruction is made of …

Compiled by a well known and respected team of editors and contributors from
interdisciplinary backgrounds, this book has its origins in the Euroscreen project, a research …

Background Since the late 1980s, genetic discrimination has remained one of the major
concerns associated with genetic research and clinical genetics. Europe has adopted a …

In an era of personalized medicine rife with population databases and international
consortia, genetic discrimination is once again moving to the forefront of the genetics policy …

This chapter aims to set out how the development of genetics may affect insurance
principles and techniques. This question lies at the center of current debates on ethics. It is a …

This special issue of New Genetics and Society focuses on the issue of solidarity in light of
the introduction of genetic technologies in insurance and health care arrangements. The …