Re: Insurance

From: wayne@justicenet.net
Date: Sun Dec 07 1997 - 04:23:43 EST


> But I still feel it's a rip off. That accident was 10 years ago. I currently
> pay $2400 a year on my 88 Dakota even though I haven't gotten so much as a
> parking ticket since that accident. I'm 32 years old, single and live in what
> is considered an urban area. Now my fiancTe who is 30, has had 2 tickets in
> as many years, drives a new sports car, and lives 3 blocks away, pays $1200 a
> year. My insurance agent says it because, I'm white, I'm male, I'm single, I
> drive a 4x4, and I live in the city and after the wedding, my rates will go
> down substantially. How is it that when I get married, I instantly become a
> better driver? In any other industry, if your rates were based on age, race,
> marital status or where you live that would be considered discrimination. I
> can understand my rates being higher after a major accident but this is not
> right.
>
> <stepping off the soap box>

Have you heard the saying (something like this) "Settling down"?
Thats what your supposed to do when your married, so they figure
since you have the responsability of a wife, and possibly kids in the
future you will be less of a risk.

Wayne



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