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Jobless 'pay higher car premiums'
Insurers are being criticised for charging jobless people more for car insurance, with UK unemployment at its highest since 1996.
Research with three brokers for the BBC found that car insurance premiums averaged 30% more for those out of work but could be up to 63% higher.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said data showed unemployment was an additional risk for insurers.
Martin Lewis of MoneySavingExpert.com said charging more was "scandalous".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16652779
Really perverse. 
