Insurance is the latest weapon financial abusers use against their partners. Here’s how we fix it
- Written by Catherine Fitzpatrick, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockThey knew we had separated. Why did they let him cancel the policy and refund him the money without giving me a call to let me know the house and contents were no longer insured, or not do it before speaking to me first?
These are the words of Maddy (not her real name). Her experience of domestic and family violence was compounded by...
