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California Bill Would Prohibit Long Term Care Insurance Gender Based Pricing

By |January 30, 2014|Categories: Breaking News, Government, Insurance Industry, Retirement Planning|Tags: , , |

A bill proposed in California legislature this week would eliminate gender based pricing from long term care insurance policies and prohibit companies from enacting similar pricing models in the future.

Gender Based Pricing

Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada (D- Davis) introduced AB 1553 on Tuesday, citing the current insurance pricing system as unfair discrimination.

“Gender discrimination has broad public policy implications,” Yamada said in a statement. “Women earn less than men in their lifetime and accumulate less wealth, so charging women more for the same policies is neither a fair nor effective solution to covering the industry’s costs. Pricing based on life expectancy sets[…]

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Advocacy Group Challenges Long Term Care Insurance Gender Based Pricing

By |January 19, 2014|Categories: Breaking News, Companies, Government, Insurance Industry, Retirement Planning|Tags: , , , |

A women’s advocacy group filed sex discrimination complaints against four of the nation’s largest long term care insurance carriers this week.

Long Term Care Insurance Pricing Model

The National Women’s Law Center filed the complaints with the long term care insuranceOffice for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, according to a press release. The complaints claim the new gender based pricing implemented by these companies amounts to gender discrimination.

Genworth, John Hancock, Transamerica, and Mutual of Omaha each introduced gender based pricing last year. The pricing practice[…]

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