Insurance
Guidelines
- Guidelines on insurance and the Disability Disability Discrimination Act : revised March 2005 following review of guidelines;
- 1998 original version also remains available for archive purposes
Complaint outcomes
- Conciliated outcomes on insurance complaints under the DDA
- QBE v Bassanelli- Federal Court decision
FMS decision finding unlawful discrimination upheld - Bassanelli v QBE Insurance - FMS decision
Refusal of travel insurance on grounds of preexisting disability found unlawful - Xiros v Fortis Life Insurance (6 April 2001)
Other Commission resources
- Insurance FAQ
- Speech: Disability discrimination
and insurance
Address by Graeme Innes AM, Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Underwriters Association conference, 5 November 2000 - Speech: Understanding disability
discrimination and insurance
Speech given by Elizabeth Hastings, Disability Discrimination Commissioner
at the Second Annual Summit, Life, Investment & Superannuation Association of Australia; Canberra, 23 May 1997 - Proposal for inquiry on depression and insurance: (7 July 2001). Note - deferred pending consideration of results of industry/consumer workshop 21/22 August.
Other resources
Fact sheet on Hepatitis C and insurance (PDF) : Investment and Financial Services Association
