CAR insurer Admiral last night admitted hiking premiums for drivers applying via Hotmail.
The Sun asked about policies using identical details but different hotmail accounts.
Enquiries by means of Hotmail saw cites up to £31.36 costlier than those made by means of Gmail.
Naval commander said email spaces — the part after the "@" — influences how unsafe it considers drivers. It stated: "Certain area names are related with a bigger number of mischances than others."
We found that on correlation site GoCompare, Admiral charged a Hotmail driver £467.04 and a Gmail one £435.68 — £31.36 less.
On MoneySuperMarket the £507.21 Hotmail quote was £6.57 dearer than utilizing Gmail.
And keeping in mind that Admiral offered a £380.80 premium to a Hotmail client on Confused.com, utilizing Gmail cost £.5.60 less.
On correlation site GoCompare, Admiral charged a Hotmail driver £467.04 and a Gmail one £435.68
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On correlation site GoCompare, Admiral charged a Hotmail driver £467.04 and a Gmail one £435.68
It takes after our story yesterday inset, on how safety net providers charge drivers called Mohammed progressively — with Admiral's £919 climb the steepest.
Martha Spurrier of human rights assemble Liberty stated: "This sort of segregation has no place in the UK." The Financial Conduct Authority is investigating our report.