Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting life insurance helps set up your loved ones should anything happen to you. But here’s something that may shock you and ...

Landmark legislation proposes a statutory ban on the use of predictive genetic test results in life insurance decisions and ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – In 2013, Robyn Biggs’s aunt tested positive for a genetic mutation that increased her risk of breast, ovarian, pancreatic and other cancers. Since her father had died of cancer, and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Brandi Muhle was 9 years old when her 35-year-old mother, an Omaha police officer and a marathon runner, was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Muhle said her ...

New amendment to the Disability Discrimination Act will stop life insurers from charging more, refusing cover or treating ...

The government’s genetics and life insurance bill, which passed through parliament on Wednesday, will ensure discrimination ...

Life insurers have welcomed the new laws, saying it will give consumers confidence to be genetically tested, knowing the results cannot be used in insurance underwriting.

Legislation banning life insurers using genetic testing to deny or limit insurance cover for consumers has passed the ...

If you had your appendix out recently, does your insurer need to know? Different rules apply depending on the type of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) – In 2013, Robyn Biggs’s aunt tested positive for a genetic mutation that increased her risk of breast, ovarian, ...