• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I used to be with a mutual insurance, which was still actually a mutual insurance, meaning the customers were also the shareholders. I got a small dividend most years out of whatever surplus existed.

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      Wish we could have that for fire insurance in California but the company would go belly up by the end of the month.

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      3 days ago

      I first thought of starting a nonprofit insurance (all kinds) 40 years ago. It really is that obvious a market. Risk pool is always better when it’s bigger. Obama care did something, but not enough.