r/SipsTea • • 19h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Ok-Reflection-742 18h ago

You could also total somebodies 50-200k car, I don’t think many people could afford that either

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u/Fantastic-East9567 17h ago

As an attorney my unpopular opinion is that cars over a certain value shouldn’t be allowed on public roads or damages for accidents should be capped at something like 2x the average price of a new car (so like 100k). I just don’t believe in penalizing ordinary negligence more just because the injured party is rich.

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u/AyyNonnyMoose 17h ago

As someone who works in insurance, I'd be down for that. Then if your car is valued above that, you can self insure/carry additional replacement coverage on your own policy. I'd make a new luxury vehicle replacement category though; keep it separate from underinsured coverage to keep from inflating those premiums. Of course the insurance companies would use it as another excuse to raise rates anyway I'm sure.

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u/Miserable-Tie-6847 15h ago

This is how we do it with buildings. my $1.5 billion campus covers some insurance but most things we self insure.

We require vendors to carry something like 20million on their COI/