Banking royal commission: Insurers might be breaking anti-discrimination laws

‘Insurers are using eating disorders from teenage years, wedding anxiety symptoms and “low feelings” to deny coverage and claims on mental health grounds, potentially breaking anti-discrimination laws, mental health advocates say…’

Australian Financial Review, 8 September 2018
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