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3:23-cv-03904
Illinois Southern
P.I.: Other
Class Action
Nancy J. Rosenstengel
A Prudential life insurance applicant cannot pursue genetic information privacy claims after being required to undergo a physical exam and detail her family's medical history, as the state law she cites does not apply to life insurance underwriting, an Illinois federal judge said on Monday.
Prudential argued Tuesday that an Illinois federal judge should toss accusations it unlawfully requested an applicant's family medical history and considered that information when denying life insurance coverage, saying the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act "simply doesn't apply to life insurance."
Prudential is the latest insurer to be accused of violating Illinois' genetic information privacy law by asking life insurance applicants for their family medical histories, facing a putative class action lodged by an Illinois woman who was denied coverage.