Pride and prejudice

That the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has reached agreement over HIV issues with groups as diverse as the Terence Higgins Trust, British Medical Association and the Citizens Advice Bureau, strengthens new draft rules of the Statement of Best Practice for HIV and Insurance considerably. The implications of HIV risk on insurers when compared with the far-reaching effects of the epidemic on society seem to fade into insignificance. That a disease that is so devastating to human life can be discussed in terms of the effect it has on insurers' profits is bound to evoke strong reaction...