House committees unite to decry car insurance ageism

The House labour and human rights committees on Tuesday held a joint session to discuss apparent age-based discrimination  leading to elderly people being overcharged for car insurance, among other problems.

House labour committee chairman and Akel MP Andreas Kafkalias began the discussion by comparing the situation in Cyprus to that of other European Union member states, pointing out that only in Luxembourg and the Netherlands is age considered an “aggravating