Editor's letter: Tackling the ‘ethnicity penalty’
The industry must respond to the Citizens Advice report
Spring has arrived and with it another crushing indictment of the insurance industry.
Last month Citizens Advice published a wide-ranging report which found buyers of motor insurance face an ethnicity penalty.
The study, which surveyed 18,000 people, revealed – on average – people of colour paid £250 a year more for their motor cover than white people. Additionally, it learned people living in the areas where there is a high proportion of people of colour paid at least £280 more for their car
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