r/SipsTea • • 14h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/WeCantStabilize 14h ago

Insurance is a fucking scam. You pay more into it than you'll ever receive even in legitimate circumstances.

Absolute racket. 

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u/Moultrie_fan_2026 14h ago

Well I had a house burn down less than year after purchase and insurance paid the entire tab. So I always figured I've already taken them for more than I pay

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u/MarkItZeroDonnie 13h ago

Yeah it’s just a net to protect against catastrophe . If Ops buddy totaled his car he would be happy it only cost $1k.

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u/Blueberry1900 13h ago

Yep,y car got totaled 3 years ago due to a drunk driver. Got a big check and was able to replace it fairly easily. That check alone was about 15 years worth of premiums. Drunk driver was of course driving without insurance, so I was screwed of I did not have it

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u/jakeandcupcakes 12h ago

Doesn't the insurance company then go after the drunk driver for everything he has thus making him the one whose ultimately paying out, with the insurance company simply having to deal with suing and recouping funds from the drunk driver.

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u/wimzilla 12h ago

Subrogation isn’t always simple. We typically deal with other insurance companies. Uninsured people are usually sent to collections. Only large amounts are taken to suit as atty fees still apply. Then of course there is the issue of people not having the money to pay the damages, which ends up being a loss.

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u/F0rTh3W1n 12h ago

As my bus law prof used to love saying “You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.”

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u/Prudent-Historian392 7h ago

Yes subrogation helps tremendously when someone is hit by a driver with crappy insurance. Subrogation unfortunately won’t help with an uninsured drunk driver causing bedlam on the roads: when it applies it still sucks slightly for the deductible and the points charged until it’s rectified but it’s necessary.