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So gambling by insurance companies is ok, just not people. Unless it is an insurance co-op (which I think would be great), there is always entity on the other s
by njarboe 8y ago
So gambling by insurance companies is ok, just not people. Unless it is an insurance co-op (which I think would be great), there is always entity on the other side with the concentrated risk.
It seems so many laws are about protecting people from themselves, but then we need exceptions from them for society to work at all. Like you can't legally invest in a non-listed company if you are not an accredited investor. Maybe we should make this distinction more formal and universal. Society could have an official and transparent way a person could enter the class of people who are expected to be responsible for their actions.
- zrobotics 8y agoHow is the insurance company taking a concentrated risk? My auto insurance co is betting that more people will drive safely and not make claims than the value of claims paid out. They distribute, not concentrate, their risk. They accept that there will be some people who have claims larger than what they have paid in, but that risk is distributed over a large pool.