Genes and Insurance Ethical, Legal, and Economic Issues

Social insurance is being partially dismantled, and the importance of private insurance is growing in consequence. Genetics has provided tools to determine the individuals' risk of future disease, which is of key interest for insurance companies in determining insurance premiums; but persons with high enough risk may remain uninsured. For this reason, genetic information has been regulated. But regulation may not be the solution, argue the authors, and suggest instead the resurrection of collectively funded public insurances. This will interest academic researchers and professonials involved with genetics and insurance.Radetzki, Marcus is the author of 'Genes and Insurance Ethical, Legal, and Economic Issues' with ISBN 9780521830904 and ISBN 0521830907.