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Does this company have a track record? What assurance is there to an investor this startup will actually pay out? Also, I'm rather curious about the math behin
by gregmac 11y ago
Does this company have a track record? What assurance is there to an investor this startup will actually pay out?
Also, I'm rather curious about the math behind the business. (Note: I am a programmer. I could best be described as having a low and/or dangerous level of knowledge about investing).
If assure.li has 7 customers buy insurance for their $100k investment at 15% (so +$15k insurance premium), they are making $105k. If one of those companies "fails", assure.li now pays out $100k and now are left with $5k. If two customers fail, assure.li is now down $95k.
It's pretty widely cited that nine out of ten startups fail. assure.li seems to be betting that 90% succeed: even splitting the difference and saying 50% succeed, it seems to me this company will run out of money very quickly. An insurance company with no ability to pay claims is not a very useful insurance company.
Or am I completely missing something here?
- MalcolmDiggs 11y ago"An insurance company with no ability to pay claims is not a very useful insurance company." Agreed. But useful or not, there's plenty of precedent for it! (Think AIG and the credit default swap mess circa 2007)