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the perspective of the office of the ombudsman for long-term insurance

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EQUITY/FAIRNESS IN HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS<br />

Accountability & outcome<br />

• Are complaint handlers accountable and are <strong>the</strong>y making<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir decisions in an independent and unbiased manner?<br />

• Complaints need to be looked at as a whole to see whe<strong>the</strong>r<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is disparity in outcome because <strong>of</strong> age, language, level<br />

<strong>of</strong> sophistication, etc.<br />

• Fairness does not guarantee an outcome<br />

but<br />

• Need to ensure that outcome is not negatively influenced by<br />

age, level <strong>of</strong> sophistication etc.

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