How is it legal for car insurance companies to be sexist?
by Author on Thursday, April 8th, 2010 | 5 Comments
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Welcome to the world of double-standards
Its not sexism or racism. Its based on facts.
In the case of insurance its a fact that males wreck more cars. They are typically more aggressive drivers. Same goes for higher rates for teens and old people because they really do wreck more cars.
As Mark Twain once said there are three kinds of lies. Lies, damned lies and statistics. And there are no laws to keep them from using statistics, which can be slanted most anyway the people gathering them wants.
they call them the way they see it/they are right/if your car is in newark nj the cost is higher for comp because of the hi theft rate/no matter where the 17-26 year old males are the worst/you see them here on this site/(do you think i can get away with??) and they are driving 3 months/so they profile and they wont take the bet//thats what it is/you put up so much and they bet you wont do it/smash /lite on fire/have it stolen etc
If the insurance companies charged higher premiums for young male drivers because "girl drivers are prettier", then that would be gender discrimination. But since the insurance industry has decades of actual statistics that prove young male drivers are involved in more collisions than young female drivers, it isn’t sexist. It’s based on fact. Nobody is forcing you to drive and purchase insurance coverage. If you don’t like the rules, stay out of the game.