Admiral Charges Hotmail Users More For Car Insurance (thetimes.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:41AM from the not-the-onion dept.

One of Britain's biggest car insurers has admitted increasing premiums for drivers who apply using a Hotmail account. From a report: Motorists seeking cover from Admiral could be charged $45 extra if they use certain email addresses. The insurer said some domain names were "associated with more accidents" than others, raising applicants' risk profile. Figures from the Association of British Insurers to be published today show that the cost of car insurance has increased by more than a quarter over the past three years. Admiral said that hundreds of factors were used by underwriters in setting car insurance, with riskier motorists paying more. Issues included the age of a driver and their postcode.

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if they have more accidents then that's fair by iamhassi · 2018-01-25 04:45 · Score: 5, Informative

At first glance I feel like this is horrible and unfair, but if they ran the numbers and for some reason hotmail users have more accidents then it's only fair they charge more for hotmail users.

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Umm... by Gravis+Zero · 2018-01-25 05:45 · Score: 4, Informative

Thiny veiled age discrimmination
You do know that age is already a factor in calculating insurance prices, right?

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