Obesity’s ills spell fatter bills

As Britons lose the battle of the bulge, insurance firms are set to charge overweight people even higher life premiums. Jamie Felix weighs up a trend that can already add over £3,000 to the cost of insuring a mortgage.

Do your genes fit?

As the end of the moratorium on DNA testing for insurance purposes approaches, Jill Phillip asks whether discrimination on the basis of our genes is just around the corner.