Re: Insurance

From: Andre Mauboussin (andrem@cyberramp.net)
Date: Fri Dec 12 1997 - 11:10:38 EST


wayne@justicenet.net wrote:

> > 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>
>

I pay $600US a year for full coverage on my 95. Are those Canadian or US
dollars?



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