Are women rubbish drivers?
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No, of course women are not rubbish drivers. What a preposterous notion.
Insurance policies for young female drivers cost less than those of their male peers.
But what about the case of Carina Bladh, the middle-aged Swedish woman who used to be a man?
Her insurance premium was raised after she became officially registered as a woman.
After much media attention, however, Folksam has now decided to give her back her old premium.
But has Folksam inadvertently opened the floodgates? Could all women now cite this case as a precedent and demand to pay the same price as men?
It certainly might be worth a shot.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:53 am
We have a similar case here in Katrineholm with regard to an insurance company. A transvestite is suing the company because they can’t get half off on their insurance rates.
May 31st, 2007 at 8:46 am
What they need to do is to review the whole insurance policy and try to come up with a different measuring scheme other than gender. They could base it on the ability to pay of the individual or base it on the tax type. Anything goes so long as it is not discriminatory, sound, and impartial.
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