Anti-Selection

Definition


Anti-Selection – In Canadian insurance, anti-selection (also known as adverse selection) is the tendency for people who know they are at higher-than-average risk of making a claim to buy or keep more coverage, while those who know they are at lower risk buy or keep less coverage. Insurers counteract this imbalance by gathering health, lifestyle and other risk-related information during underwriting, then charging appropriately different premiums or offering different coverage terms, so the overall risk pool remains fair for everyone.

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