Any insurance, be it car, house, life. It's all scams. You're essentially paying someone legally to bet on your behalf, and than getting a pittance of a payout. That's ONE problem. The more annoying problem, is rapid hyper inflation in whatever industry is touched by insurance. Car insurance for example, a small light bulb used to cost a few cents to replace. Now, you need to buy the entire casing, the wiring, and it costs 1200$ not including labor. This is because you only pay the deductible, so everyone and their mother can skimp from the top. Same with homeowners insurance. A simple home inspection is 500$. In 1955, getting a deed/house title notarized and approved was 1$ …. I know because I saw a historical document to that effect. Thanks jews! A true blessing to the world /s
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[–] buckhorn 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Agreed. In theory, pooling and amortizing risk over a group is a wise thing to do. In practice, with live humans, everyone ends up assuming their own problems are the most worthy of securing the pot. Additionally, whichever company manages the fund (hopefully doing legitimate actuarial leg work) will end up being loathe to pay out for even legitimate claims.
[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Those are legitimate concerns, which is why it's much better to organise it at a community level (like fraternal societies used to) so there's a social price for fucking around.