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News and Events => People news => Topic started by: LostInTime on March 01, 2007, 11:16:27 AM

Title: Insurance blow for transsexual driver
Post by: LostInTime on March 01, 2007, 11:16:27 AM
Link (http://www.thelocal.se/6558/20070301/)

After undergoing a sex change operation, Carina Bladh from Linköping in central Sweden suddenly saw her car insurance costs skyrocket.

Bladh first became a woman at the end of last year. At around the same time, she also got herself a new Audi A6.
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But when the same individual's insurance was later re-registered under the new identification number, Carina Bladh's annual premium was raised by over 1,200 kronor ($170).