Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-june Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon From: gordon@uw-june (Gordon Davisson) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Women/men and the consumption of auto insurance Message-ID: <41@uw-june> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 03:30:56 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-june.41 Posted: Thu Jul 11 03:30:56 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:09:37 EDT References: <524@rtech.UUCP> <6700019@pbear.UUCP> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 35 >>> A friend of mine tried to get insurance on her car but the >>> insurance companies (3 of them before she said to hell with it) >>> refused to consider her for low cost insurance because her husband had a >>> marginal driving record (2 tickets in 6 months after 12 years without >>> a single violation) >>> >>> jeanette l. zobjeck >>AAACK! This sounds extremely illegal. How do they get away with it? >> >>Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) >>aka Swazoo Koolak > It's simple... At least statistics says it is... > > All of insurance is based on statistics and the ability to apply it >to predict when an event can happen. In this case statistics are being used >to predict when a car accident will occur. > >[discussion of why 2 accidents in short time is a bad sign] > >Peter Barada >{ihnp4!inmet|{harvard|cca}!ima}!pbear!peterb I think you're missing the point, Peter. Jeanette's friend was upset not because her husband's driving record was considered bad, but because it was considered at all. I mean, she's the one getting the insurance, so what's her husband's driving got to do with it? I understand that when a married man gets auto insurance, his wife's record is not factored in. Why the double standard? (or is my info bad?) -- Human: Gordon Davisson ARPA: gordon@uw-june.ARPA UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax,tektronix}!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon