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The difference seems to be that it’s insurance if you’re buying protection against your own home burning down. Versus when you’re financially wagering that you
by no-name-here 2mo ago
The difference seems to be that it’s insurance if you’re buying protection against your own home burning down.
Versus when you’re financially wagering that your neighbor’s house burns down. (I.e whether you get paid back if the misfortune impacts you, vs you getting paid if misfortune visits someone else.)
- FireBeyond 2mo agoHow about Dead Peasant's Insurance, sorry, COLI (corporate-owned life insurance)? Policies that a company takes out on its employees with itself as a beneficiary, not the employee's family. Employees were often unaware the policy exists, or only gave only vague consent buried in onboarding paperwork. Companies used it partly as a tax shelter, since the death benefits are generally received tax-free and cash value can grow tax-deferred. It does still exist, though more tightly regulated, requiring explicit consent and only really able to be used on "extremely highly compensated employees" (executives).
- no-name-here 2mo agoEven in that case it is designed to cover the company’s cost of losing the employee including the cost of recruiting and training replacements, etc. The better analogy would be if it was insurance for someone completely unrelated dying - like saying we will pay you if x unrelated person dies.