German life insurance companies require prior to a contract of gay customers a HIV test. The reported "ngo-online", citing a report from the "Focus". Be mentioned by name, the report says the "R + V Versicherung" and "Cosmos". Are given here as beneficiaries of the male to be insured with the application, except the "R + V Versicherung" such as the HIV test as "risk selection" instructed, it said.
Sabine Lautenschlager, lawyer of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority criticized the approach as a possible discrimination. It is customary to ask for higher sums insured for an AIDS study to link an HIV test with the sexual orientation of a new customer called Lautenschlager, however, "very abusive ".
To media inquiry said the R + V with assurance that all new customers who want to take out life insurance of more than 250,000 € are requested as part of health information also be tested for HIV. However, that is for all customers alike. "
"With lower amounts of cover there is this requirement of an HIV test, not even for homosexuals. Regardless of gender, age and occupation but are all customers to the extent the complaint questioned whether HIV infection was found. ", the R + V insurance against PRIDE1 further.
Source: GAYS.DE
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