Insurance and genetic testing

By Kate Aubusson
Updated November 20 2017 - 9:43am, first published November 8 2017 - 11:38am
Portrait of Edwina Sawyer. Story is about how genetic testing is affecting people's eligibility for life insurance. Photographed Tuesday 31st October 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171031
Portrait of Edwina Sawyer. Story is about how genetic testing is affecting people's eligibility for life insurance. Photographed Tuesday 31st October 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171031
Portrait of Edwina Sawyer. Story is about how genetic testing is affecting people's eligibility for life insurance. Photographed Tuesday 31st October 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171031
Portrait of Edwina Sawyer. Story is about how genetic testing is affecting people's eligibility for life insurance. Photographed Tuesday 31st October 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 171031

Edwina Sawyer has been denied life insurance by half a dozen policyholders, but she's not sick.