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In concept a great idea. In practice, often a stupid one which creates risks, costs and bureaucracy where none would otherwise exist. | In concept a great idea. In practice, often a stupid one which creates risks, costs and bureaucracy where none would otherwise exist.<ref>I told you I was a contrarian, didn’t I?</ref> | ||
An [[insurance]] contract protects a person of limited resources from a remote but outsized [[risk]]. The theory is that by being a small part of a large class of people each of whom paying an affordable running [[premium]], you are protected from colossal costs that may never happen. Thus you mutualise your risk of [[loss]]. | An [[insurance]] contract protects a person of limited resources from a remote but outsized [[risk]]. The theory is that by being a small part of a large class of people each of whom paying an affordable running [[premium]], you are protected from colossal costs that may never happen. Thus you mutualise your risk of [[loss]]. | ||
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Well, hold on tiger. | Well, hold on tiger. | ||
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*[[Risk - Risk Article]] | |||
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