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Insurers finally acknowledging the right to forget the illness after a few years

If you've recently taken out a mortgage and need to get insurance for your monthly payments, you will have discovered that insurers don't like covering people who may have ever suffered from cancer and now be back to full health. Well, that discrimination is coming to an end this week with Insurers finally acknowledging the right to forget the illness after a few years.   Moyagh Murdock the chief executive of Insurance Ireland joined Joe to explain this change.

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06.45 8 Dec 2023


Insurers finally acknowledging the right to forget the illness after a few years



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06.45 8 Dec 2023


If you've recently taken out a mortgage and need to get insurance for your monthly payments, you will have discovered that insurers don't like covering people who may have ever suffered from cancer and now be back to full health.

Well, that discrimination is coming to an end this week with Insurers finally acknowledging the right to forget the illness after a few years.  

Moyagh Murdock the chief executive of Insurance Ireland joined Joe to explain this change.


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