>>139 Diamond managing director, Dave Halliday, commented, “We were interested to investigate the types of accident claims made by men and women to see if there were any differences. It’s clear that on the whole women are more likely to have low impact collisions at lower speeds in places such as car parks, whereas men are more likely to have more destructive accidents at higher speeds.
Accidents caused by men are on average more costly than those caused by women. This was why in the past women paid lower insurance premiums than men. It’s a month since the EU Gender Directive came in and our research clearly shows there are differences between men and women.”