'Crazy' disparity in car insurance quote costs for ethnically diverse areas revealed
Research has revealed a "crazy" disparity between car insurance costs in area with different proportions of ethnic minority groups.
Research into thousands of insurance premiums across the country has shown the differences, but the Black Country constituency of Tipton and Wednesbury has a glaring disparity.
The research, carried out by the BBC, found a quote for the ward of Great Bridge, which has a 44 per cent level of ethnic minority residents, was £2,796 for a 30-year-old man with a Ford Fiesta.
However, the same details given for the same man in Princes End, just over a mile away, where people of ethnic minorities make up 11 per cent of the population, was quoted at £1,975.
Great Bridge Councillor Soyfur Rahman told the Express & Star: "If insurance companies are charging people more because their area has a higher ethnicity then that is absolutely wrong."
Another councillor who has done research into the differences between areas, London Vauxhall Councillor Martin Bailey, described the Princes End and Great Bridge price difference as "crazy".
