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- From: coleman@rocky.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Coleman)
- Subject: Am I being sleazed by this insurance company?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.220455.15604@cs.ucla.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:04:55 GMT
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- I applied for auto insurance yesterday and I'm trying to decide whether I've
- been sleazed. I share an apartment with two women not otherwise related to me
- (i.e., they're basically strangers). The insurance company informed me that
- if I didn't put them on my policy, they would exclude all coverage for them as
- drivers on the vehicle. I'm not thrilled with this, but I agreed to do this
- since I have no intention of letting either of the women drive the vehicle.
-
- Now for the sleazy part. Even though they are excluded, the insurance company
- wanted to have their driver's license numbers. The agent said something about
- the company wanting these because they are of the opposite sex. Apparently
- what is being insinuated is that because I'm male and they are female, I'm
- more likely to defraud the company by allowing my roommates to drive and
- claiming I was at the wheel if an accident occurs.
-
- I don't feel that this information is any of the company's business (given the
- ironclad exclusion I signed), nor any of mine for that matter. At this point,
- I'm telling the company I won't give them the license numbers.
-
- Is the insurance company's behavior improper? Illegal? Would all companies
- ask for this, or did I just find a dud?
-
- Mike
-
- --
- --Mike Coleman (coleman@cs.ucla.edu), Lord High Executioner of Anhedonia-----
- It could be worse--you could be bicycling in Florida.
-