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A European Court ruling has banned the 'bonzer car insurance deals' that women currently have access to, deeming that they breach sex equality laws.
The move is aimed at achieving equilibrium between male and female insurance policies, meaning male policies will get cheaper, while female ones will rise.
Companies like Shiela's Wheels and Diamond offer cheaper car insurance for women on the basis that they're statistically safer drivers, but the ruling could see female policies rise by 25 percent - up to £400 per year.
Meanwhile, male policies are expected to fall by around 13 percent - about £200 annually. It's an example of EU lawmaking that David Cameron called "damaging legislation that is coming out of Brussels" back in March.
A report by the Treasury claims that British men are likely to become more dangerous drivers as a direct result, because cheaper premiums will allow them to buy more powerful cars and take greater risks.
The report says that "if a (generally more careful) female driver has to pay the same price for motor insurance as a (generally less careful) male driver, then she will be subsidising the cost of his insurance... [men] may purchase higher powered cars or increase the riskiness of their driving".
Adrian Webb of Shiela's Wheels concurs, saying: "any reductions for young men could mean some 'boy racers' finding themselves able to insure and drive more powerful cars".
Statistically, women have fewer accidents than men, and do so at lower speeds. The insurance industry argues that cheaper policies for women are, therefore, not based on discrimination but on evidence.
The ban on woman-only policies will come into force in December 2012, when Shiela's wheels will finally fall off.