New Zealand
New Zealand is falling behind other countries when it comes to policies protecting against genomic discrimination in health and life insurance, write a group of experts in an editorial piece for the New Zealand Medical Journal. While they can't require it, NZ insurance companies are legally allowed to ask for and use applicants’ genetic test results in underwriting decisions. The writers say there is considerable evidence, internationally, that people often decline medical genetic testing or participation in genomic research studies because of fears of genomic discrimination. A group of New Zealand clinicians, scientists, and lawyers have formed a collaborative alliance to address these issues, and this group recommends a complete ban on insurance companies using genomic information, in order to protect all Kiwis and to advance genomic medicine.
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