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From the article: “working-age people who are employees of businesses with group life insurance policies” - that’s a quite comparable effect although indeed not
by wjnc 5y ago
From the article: “working-age people who are employees of businesses with group life insurance policies” - that’s a quite comparable effect although indeed not via the individual health screening thus less pronounced. Those not working are quite more likely to die.
What I don’t under from the article: they mention a $100 million loss on disability, but the effect of this size on mortality should be many billions.
- civilized 5y agoSomewhat smaller denominator, sure, but changes in the numerator should also be smaller for similar reasons: healthier population, employed, therefore more shielded from socioeconomic stresses around the pandemic. I sort of agree that the insurance financial risks associated with a low mortality population can be high in unusual situations, but it's not a blanket explanation for any particular situation.