Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site calmasd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcc6!calmasd!gail From: gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Unfair Insurance Practices Message-ID: <196@calmasd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 13:17:47 EDT Article-I.D.: calmasd.196 Posted: Mon Oct 22 13:17:47 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 02:42:37 EDT References: Reply-To: gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan) Distribution: net Organization: Calma Company, San Diego, CA Lines: 41 Keywords: insurance Summary: >It really stinks that woman have to pay higher rates just because >their husbands have rotten driving records. It would stink just as much if a man got stuck with a higher rate because his wife had a rotten driving record. On the opposite side of the coin -- I've been involved in 3 auto accidents (minor ones) in the last four years, 2 of them within 5 days of each other. Before and after these accidents my insurance was still lower than my husband's. Most insurance companies take more than driving record into account in setting premiums. Age, type of car (e.g. sports car vs. sedan), and, believe it or not, marital status, play a big part in determining premiums. Of course, I've never bought auto insurance anywhere but in California. It may be quite different elsewhere. >Why the h*ll go out >and try to be independent and buy your own car or your own house >if it is all going to come down to what your husband earns or >what your husband's driving record is like? That (to me) is almost >a good enough reason to not get married at all. > >Marie Carey >...seismo!carey I really do empathize with your frustration. I go through phases where it is difficult not to see sexism as the cause of certain kinds of problems. Just remember that if we don't all get out there and keep trying, these things will never change. Gail Bayley Hanrahan {ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!calmasd!gail Calma Company, San Diego