Monash expert: Banning genetic discrimination in life insurance

Monash University

The Federal Government today introduced legislation to ban life insurers from discriminating against applicants based on genetic testing.

This is the culmination of a decade of advocacy by Monash legal and genomic expert Dr Jane Tiller, who has worked closely with the government on the reform, including leading a three-year research project that explored stakeholder views to inform the new legislation.

Dr Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal and Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics at Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and project co-lead of Monash’s DNA Screen program

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