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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: Allstate Insurance says women don't deserve equal pay with men
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 19:43:55 EDT
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Brad Templeton (looking!brad):
	I have never heard a complaint about the fact that Allstate will sell
	car insurance to a woman for FAR less than to a man, in spite of the
	fact they have equal driving records.  As far as I am concerned, this
	"guilty until proven innocent" attitude of the insurance companies is
	one of the worst kinds of sexism around ...

But if you charge women a premium equal to men, even though their
accident statistics are lower, then you are discriminating against women.
To my mind, THIS is sexist.  However, the last thing I heard, such a
change was in fact going to be introduced here, on the grounds you give.

Do you approve of higher premiums for drivers under 25 who have not had
accidents?  I do.  Ideally, the insurance companies would study the way
you, the individual, drive before they set your premium.  That's impractical.
The best approximation available is to use all the relevant statistical data.

In the name of sexual equality, let's keep men's premiums higher.

I don't pay these premiums these days, because I don't have a car.
When I lived with my father, however, I was paying premiums on his car.
Mark Brader