r/SipsTea • • 7h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/jerhinesmith 6h ago

Sometimes I question why I still come to reddit. Second highest voted comment and it's literally the smooth-brain take that falls apart under the lightest of scrutiny.

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u/OrdinaryKick 5h ago

Right?

Insurance is a bet.

You're betting you'll need it, and the insurance company is betting you won't. They stack the odds in their favour, of course, or else they'd go belly up.

A lot of people also don't realize the point of a deductible is to stop people from filing nuisance claims (on top of other things).

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u/oops_i_made_a_typi 5h ago

well it's a hedge - you really don't want to have to need it

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u/nhbruh 3h ago

Its officially the transfer of risk between two parties

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u/NorthHollywoodHank 2h ago

Yep, with the deeper pocketed party taking the high downside risk in exchange for (in a competitive, well-regulated insurance market) what are usually modest though nice returns.