Gender equality directive rises again

The fight to stop radical gender equality laws being imposed on the insurance industry's premium-rating structures is getting serious again

The European Commission has dusted down the draft Gender Equality Directive, which was sidelined in the run-up to the enlargement of the EU and the subsequent parliamentary elections in the spring. Industry insiders had been that hoping the directive, which had been very much associated with the outgoing Greek Commissioner for Social Affairs, might die a slow death by neglect in the new regime. No such luck.

Directives such as these are a bit like vampires - they are very difficult to kill off

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