A predictable ruling for insurance industry becomes Euro assault on Sheila’s Wheels

Normally, a story involving actuarial valuations struggles to inflame passions, let alone one about a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on actuarial valuations. But throw in a bit of well-timed Euro-bashing – the judgment coming in the wake of a controversial ruling on prisoner voting – and a large dollop of self-serving insurance industry lobbying and voila: the outrage flows freely.