First time anyone has actually found a way to save significant money on car insurance... a guy legally changed his gender on the official paperwork, saved 25% (from $4500 as a man, to $3400 as a woman)
When getting a new car, and the consequent insurance, a guy was quoted $4517 a year, Canadian. He was wondering about how to get it cheaper, learned that women pay less, and then asked for a quote if he changed his gender. Bingo, that's the key! The new quote was $3423. How is this even a thing? The insurer explained to him that it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender when it comes to basic auto-insurance. When it comes to collision, however, it’s still legal to discriminate against genders on the basis of contrast in driving-statistics. Further, and here it gets wordy, so grab some caffeine: it is in fact discrimination against men because the insurance companies are not insuring all men collectively, they are insuring the individual. If you're going to be charged more based on your common traits with others? Then you're being discriminated against for not having traits in common with people that get cheaper insurance rates Also, poor driving is a behavioral t...