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Getting insurance

We've had a real issue with the business insurance this week. Our renewal quotes were all too expensive so we gave ourselves a month to sort it out. I can't believe how complicated its been. Then finally at the 11th hour today I was filling in an 11 page form, when we had already given the compnay all of the information that was on the form.  Well, you can imagine how that made me spit. Its just SO ineffective!

Anyway on page 2 they asked for my date of birth. I stopped writing and thought about this. I am buying insurance for my business contents, my house contents, employers liability.  My age has no bearing at all on the risk for these things, so I left the box blank.

I have been doing that an awful lot in the last 20 years. Its sort of been my own personal crusade against age discrimination even before the laws were made. I haven't quoted my age on my cv since I can't remember and I avoid giving it to anyone or quoting it on forms unless I feel it is stricly necessary.  Why oh why do they need to knwo how old I am?  If its not justified then I don't tell them.

I see that this is one way of removing the stigma that can be attached to age, whether that is older or younger. If people don't know how old you are then no preconceptions will be formed.  So lets look forward to a more ageless future and join with me in not quoting your age unless its really necessary.