I wonder why insurance companies do not offer cover when requests from prospective clients cite health reasons as their objection to the installation of smart meters?

I can't imagine large companies like electricity suppliers not being able to obtain exactly the kind of insurance they want. There are plenty of organisations that trade of their reputation of being able to 'insure anything' (for a suitable premium of course). If what he says is true, I suspect it's more a case that the supplier doesn't consider it a plausible risk - so not worth spending any premium (however small) on it. To be fair, being that most smart meters use the same technology as mobile phones and WiFi, and the spectrum is already well used by loads of other devices, for someone to be able to prove in court that their smart meter was the one and only (or even most significant) cause of their illness would be nigh on impossible anyway, even if there was a real health problem. It would easier to prove that exhaust emissions from the meter reader's diesel van caused someone's asthma - but I bet the supplier's don't have insurance to cover them for that either.


   - Andy.

I wonder why insurance companies do not offer cover when requests from prospective clients cite health reasons as their objection to the installation of smart meters?

I can't imagine large companies like electricity suppliers not being able to obtain exactly the kind of insurance they want. There are plenty of organisations that trade of their reputation of being able to 'insure anything' (for a suitable premium of course). If what he says is true, I suspect it's more a case that the supplier doesn't consider it a plausible risk - so not worth spending any premium (however small) on it. To be fair, being that most smart meters use the same technology as mobile phones and WiFi, and the spectrum is already well used by loads of other devices, for someone to be able to prove in court that their smart meter was the one and only (or even most significant) cause of their illness would be nigh on impossible anyway, even if there was a real health problem. It would easier to prove that exhaust emissions from the meter reader's diesel van caused someone's asthma - but I bet the supplier's don't have insurance to cover them for that either.


   - Andy.