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January
2005
A proposal which would have made car insurance more expensive for most women drivers in the UK has been dropped by the European Commission. Insurance firms offer different rates for cover based on gender and, as male drivers commit 85% of serious motoring offences, women usually pay less. The EU Gender Directive would have made insurers treat both sexes the same.
But a deal allowing insurance firms to take gender into account when setting charges has now been reached. Deputy Minister for Women and Equality Jacqui Smith said: "The rights we've enjoyed in the UK for nearly 30 years will now be enshrined in this directive for the benefit of all
Europeans
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