Insurers set for sex discrimination ruling

[The Straight Story]

Insurers set for sex discrimination ruling

Young women could face big increases in the cost of car insurance, if insurers are told that they have to stop quoting different prices for men and women.

The European Court of Justice will decide whether it is a form of sex discrimination which should be banned.

If so, some women drivers in the UK could eventually face 50% rises in the cost of insuring their cars.

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Nick and Emma are twins. They are 18 years old, so they suffer from the highest insurance rates.


Yet when they fed their details into an online price comparison site, Nick's motor insurance quote was twice as high.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12600284

If this catches on in the EU it will be interesting to see if US follows suit.