Car insurance premiums based on job, education can ding low-wage workers

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New Jersey resident Anna “Cuqui” Rivera, a high school graduate who works as a labor and civil rights activist and moonlights as a DJ, was paying almost $3,000 annually for auto insurance with one of the big companies. Now, she pays almost $2,000 less for coverage on her 2016 Jeep.

The difference? Her new, smaller insurance company doesn’t take into account her education level or occupation in setting her rate.

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