| HIV Life Insurance used to be an option that just did | | | | with diabetes â a positive step toward |
| not exist for people infected with the HIV virus. | | | | increasing the insurability of HIV patients." |
| Many life insurance companies just donât | | | | The study examined the mortality of HIV positive |
| have enough information to make a fair assessment | | | | patients from a life insurance standpoint. Among this |
| of the risk for insuring people with HIV for life | | | | group the probability of death due to being HIV |
| insurance. | | | | positive was found to be as low as one-tenth of one |
| A study performed by the Dutch Association of | | | | percent per year. These odds put HIV positive |
| Insurers announced on March 15, 2002, that "HIV is | | | | patients in the same risk category as people living |
| no more of a risk factor for insurers than someone | | | | with a serious heart problem or diabetes. |