European Court rules insurers need to include economic consequences of policies

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Insurers are being warned by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that they must ensure consumers are able to understand the economic consequences of the policy being taken out.

The court decreed that even if the contractual terms given are in plain language, the policyholder must be able to understand using "precise intelligible criteria" the economic consequences of the ...

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