On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Bill N wrote:

> Since your credit rating is a better predictor of future claims than how
> many tickets you have, they really can't quote you without it.  Sure,
> they could just ignore it, but that would mean people who pay their
> bills on time would have to subsidize those who don't by paying more
> than they should.

If that were true, then we could expect insurance to cost less now than it
did before companies were allowed to do this.  I don't think that's true;
if I remember right rates have gone up overall.  So any savings have just
gone straight to their profit margins.

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