Insurers eye virus risk
At least one big life insurance company in New Zealand is tightening its screening methods to find potential A.I.D.S. victims. The A.M.P. Society's senior medical officer, Mr Eric Foote, told ■ "The Press” yesterday: “We will be following the Australian lead in this matter and taking similar precautions to the .A.M.P. in Australia.” Many Australian life insurance offices are intro-
ducing stricter scrutiny of new clients. Mr Foote said questions would be. : added to A.M.P.’s New Zealand proposal forms within the next month or two. They would be related to blood tests, blood disorders, and whether the proposer had ever been rejected as a blood donor. . "We definitely will not ask any questions about sex habits,” he said. “Most life offices will
determine the A.I.D.S. risk on : a medical basis rather than by questions about sexual / preferences,” said Mr Foote. The general manager of the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia, Ltd, Mr Clive Ashenden, said he had no knowledge of. his company’s beginning stricter screening in New Zealand. “Obviously we are keeping a close watch on the situation in Australia."
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