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    Insurance blow for transsexual driver

    Published: 1st March 2007 10:50 CET
    Online: http://www.thelocal.se/6558/

    After undergoing a sex change operation, Carina Bladh from Linköping in central Sweden suddenly saw her car insurance costs skyrocket.

    Bladh first became a woman at the end of last year. At around the same time, she also got herself a new Audi A6.

    When the relevant papers came through from insurance company Folksam, Bladh had not yet received her new personal identification number. She required a new number since men are identified by odd numbers, while women are always assigned even numbers.

    In the meantime the car was insured using her old, male identification number. In her pre-operation life, she had driven for 25 accident-free years, accumulating a generous no claims bonus into the bargain.

    But when the same individual's insurance was later re-registered under the new identification number, Carina Bladh's annual premium was raised by over 1,200 kronor ($170).

    "I think it's disgusting. It's clearly discrimination. There's no logic to it," Bladh told newspaper Linköpings Tidning.

    A spokesman for Folksam offers the explanation that the company's premiums are based on various customer groups, each of which are weighted differently.

    "She has moved from one group to another. It's like moving from Linköping to Täby, which would also mean a higher premium.

    "In this case the effect has been negative. If she had been 25 the effect would have been positive," Jan Samuelsson told Linköpings Tidning.

    Although Samuelsson adds that he is willing to reevaluate the decision, Carina Bladh is considering taking her case to Sweden's discrimination ombudsman.

    "I think this is going to come back to bite them," said Bladh.

    Folksam announced in a statement on Thursday afternoon that it had taken another look at the case and decided to adjust Bladh's premium back down to the previous level.
    I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

  • #2
    Damn, misspelled the title!
    I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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    • #3
      Don't mention car insurance companies
      Speaking of Erith:

      "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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      • #4
        You have car trouble PH?
        I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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        • #5
          Oh, they just owe me a lot of money (about £400)...
          Speaking of Erith:

          "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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          • #6
            Yikes! That's a lot of money...
            I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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            • #7
              It's from an outstanding claim that after 4 months is still not resolved. Actually that is excluding the suspended no-claims bonus as well (3 years) which has an impact of a couple of hundred quid as well...
              Speaking of Erith:

              "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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              • #8
                With "blow" and "transsexual" showing up in the same sentence, I'm sure my office internet use will be flagged now.
                Unbelievable!

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                • #9
                  You're working today?
                  Speaking of Erith:

                  "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                  • #10
                    Fine, spoil the joke.
                    Unbelievable!

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                    • #11
                      Tis my pleasure
                      Speaking of Erith:

                      "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                      • #12
                        How is this surprising? It is common knowledge, at least here in the US. Mostly though it is men who pay a higher premium.

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                        • #13
                          yeah it's strange women would have higher prememiums. Women get off easy in the U.S. They don't pay **** for car insurance.

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                          • #14


                            I know have this song stuck in my head for the rest of the week.
                            Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
                            -Richard Dawkins

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                              Oh, they just owe me a lot of money (about £400)...
                              Not again.
                              One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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