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If you have asked for a car insurance quote recently, you may have been asked your gender.
You might have wondered why it matters.
In a test by RNZ, a 42-year-old woman with a 2020 RAV4, parked in a Maunu, WhangΔrei garage, who has a clean driving history and no recent insurance claims was quoted $59.65 a fortnight for comprehensive car insurance with AMI.
The same scenario, except selecting "male" for the gender, was $58.99.
State quoted $58.70 for a woman and $58.06 for a man. Someone who said they were non-binary received the same quote as the woman.
AA quoted $53.83 a fortnight for a man and $53.87 for a woman.
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