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So our check against making the financially obvious decision to try to get out of the obligation to save people from disasters they paid into a risk pool to mit
by advael 3y ago
So our check against making the financially obvious decision to try to get out of the obligation to save people from disasters they paid into a risk pool to mitigate because they are infrequent enough that adequate individual preparation is impractical but devastating enough that insuring against them is rational is to hope that people who have been stiffed by these companies to weather those disasters on their own resources despite having paid into the risk pool will then be able to muster the wherewithal and finances to bring suit against an insurance corporation large enough to credibly claim to bulwark that risk afterward
I just can't see why this isn't working
- sokoloff 3y agoIn MA, the small claims limit does not apply for damages from an auto accident. That doesn’t make it easy, but makes it easier and more accessible to fight an insurance company who is acting unreasonably.
- advael 3y agoI just don't think it's ever going to reach a threshold where the cost of litigation in practice will ever make it not more profitable to harm people by denying claims. The economics simply don't work out