Life insurers can co-ordinate in relation to frontline pandemic workers
‘The ACCC has granted interim authorisation allowing life insurers to co-ordinate to ensure frontline healthcare workers are not excluded from coverage due to potential or actual exposure to COVID-19.‘
This authorisation means that ‘exposure to COVID-19 cannot be used as a reason to decline life insurance coverage to a frontline health worker, or to charge higher premiums or apply risk exclusions to any new policy.‘
See ACCC, ‘Co-ordination on life insurance for frontline workers during pandemic‘ (14 April 2020)