General Insurance Article - Endsleigh Insurance expects a year of changing prices


 The UK Insurance industry operates in a complex legislative environment that
 impacts many types of insurance product and the way that insurance services
 are offered to the public. 2012 looks set to be a busy year for insurers
 trying to accommodate legislative changes in their product pricing.

 From the start of the new fiscal year (6th April) there will be several
 changes affecting employment law and therefore income protection insurance.
 New rules about taking action in Employment Tribunals will make it more
 expensive to challenge employment terminations, and from the same date, new
 starters will have no access to tribunals for 24 months instead of the
 current 12. This could affect the price and cover offered in many income
 protection policies.

 More sweeping changes are likely in December when a ruling by the European
 Court of Justice comes into effect. At the moment, UK insurers have an ‘opt
 out’ clause in the European ‘Directive on Equal Treatment’ (reference
 (2004/113/EC) more usually known as the Gender Directive). This opt out
 clause allows them to consider gender when assessing and pricing insurance
 risks. From the 21st December 2012, this opt out will be revoked.

 The net outcome is that any insurance policy that currently includes gender
 as a risk factor is likely to be affected.

 Michael Day of Endsleigh Insurance explains; “The biggest impact is likely
 to be on motor insurance where young women may see prices rising by around
 25 percent while young men benefit from a 10 percent saving. However,
 unemployment and income protection policies, pensions and annuities, and of
 course life insurance prices and benefits are all likely to be impacted.”
  

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