INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL NO LONGER INSURE INJURIES FROM WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL NO LONGER INSURE INJURIES FROM WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

Lloyd’s of London often leads the way as one of the world’s largest insurance companies in industry trends, taking on risks that no one else will and recognizing early signs of trouble and possible liability issues.   

Recently Lloyd’s of London modified its renewal policy (Feb. 7, 2015) to now exclude any coverage associated with exposure to non-ionizing radiation (i.e. wireless communications) “directly or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or contributed to by electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetism, radio waves or noise.”

In response to a request for clarification, CFC Underwriting LTD, London, UK agent for Lloyd’s, stated:

“The Electromagnetic Fields Exclusion (Exclusion 32) is a General Insurance Exclusion and is applied across the market as standard. The purpose of the exclusion is to exclude cover for illnesses caused by continuous long-term non-ionizing radiation exposure i.e. through mobile phone usage.” (Feb. 18, 2015)

In 2010 the Emerging Risks Team of Lloyds of London published a white paper on the question of EMF (Electromagnetic fields) and made a comparative study to the history of asbestos and its impact on the insurance industry.

Lloyd's report explores links between EMF exposure and asbestos exposure http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000392648

"The danger with EMF is that, like asbestos, the exposure insurers face is underestimated and could grow exponentially and be with us for many years."

Maxum Insurance: Exclusion to Electromagnetic Radiation

(1) "Bodily Injury", "property damage" or "personal and advertising injury" arising out of, resulting from, caused by or contributed to by electromagnetic radiation, provided that such injury or damage results from or is contributed to by the pathological properties of electromagnetic radiation; or

(2) The costs of abatement or mitigation electromagnetic radiation or exposure to electromagnetic radiation. This exclusion also includes:

(a) Any supervision, instructions, recommendations, warnings or advice given or which should have been given in connection with the above; and

(b) Any obligation to share damages with or repay someone else who must pay "damages" because of such an injury or damage.

"Damages" mean compensation only in the form of money, for a person or entity who claims to have suffered a "bodily injury" or "personal and advertising injury" or who claims to have sustained "property damage" 

Insurance and Liability of Wireless Communication Carriers

Listed are documents from insurance companies, court cases that have been awarded compensation for RF radiation adverse health effects, industry defence attorneys, actuaries, and from the news/web media.  They claim limits of liability for any adverse RF health effects in their contract with the user, and maintain that they do not have to carry tort or liability insurance.

http://www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/EV9-Insurability-Liability-Corrected-4-8-13-PUC-464.pdf

WHY SWISS RE WILL NOT RE-INSURE MOBILE PHONES FOR HEALTH RISKS

"A re-insurance company is a company that backs up an industry for claims that the industry may not be able to cover.  Possibly the largest re-insurance company in the world, Swiss Re, will not take this liability on with cell phones and health effects.  At present, most cell phone companies are “self insured”.  Meaning, they may be able to just file bankruptcy should there be too many claims.”

“In its Swiss Re SONAR Emerging Risks report, 2013, which covers risks that could “impact the insurance industry in the future”, the company categorises the impact of health claims related to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) as ‘high’.  It acknowledges recent reports of courts ruling in favour of claimants who have experienced health damage from mobile phones, and also says that anxiety over risks related to EMFs is “on the rise”

http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.ca/2011/12/swiss-re-will-not-re-insure-mobile.html

Austrian AUVA Report: Insurance Company Presents Research on Health Risks from Cell Phone Radiation

“The ubiquitous exposure to this unnatural type of radiation at unprecedented levels of power density harms human health. Short-term and long-term health impairments are preprogrammed and will especially manifest in the next generation if politically responsible actions are not taken immediately.”

http://www.eirewaves.com/media/auva_report.pdf

Why would insurance companies exclude injuries from electromagnetic radiation if it were completely safe for all persons including children and pregnant women?