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Life Insurance. Fat Customers Tell Porkies.
According to a recent survey almost a quarter of UK citizens are over weight but, says Cancer research UK, 25% of these are simply not interested in losing weight. We are in fact the second most obese nation in Europe, second only to Greece.
This not only concerns the UK Government, who have just announced a [...]
Life Insurance – Outweighing The Benefits?
Have you filled in a life assurance application recently? Theres a little box that strikes fear into the heart of the slightly overweight. It simply asks you to state your weight. Do you go straight to the scales, undress to the state of nudity and jiggle about on the said scales, trying to pinpoint the [...]
Life Insurers Use The Body Mass Index To Tighten The
Life Insurers Use The Body Mass Index To Tighten The Belt On Fat People
Overweight people are in the firing line again. Life insurance companies are increasing premiums up to four fold for fat people. They’ve always charged more for those of us who over-eat, but during the last year the penalties have got worse.
In [...]