• dalekcaan@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    See, I don’t understand acts of god as it pertains to insurance. Acts of god are unforeseen, unavoidable accidents. What is insurance for if not literally that exact situation?

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      4 months ago

      What is insurance for if not literally that exact situation?

      It is to explain you why they won’t pay. Funny how it took High Court in the UK to force them to pay for Covid business interruption claims.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Insurance Companies: “Climate related disasters are acts of God.”

    Also Insurance Companies: “Welp, time for us to GTFO of places where ‘acts of God’ seem to be occuring with increasing frequency.”

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    Insurance companies jacking up premiums and/or pulling out of areas is like the only proper feedback loop for adapting to climate change left. Not saying I’m happy about it. I would not be totally shocked if health insurance starts having carve outs for heat related illnesses and their complications. Typing it out, I guess what’s more likely is raising premiums in areas with hospitals that serve a patient base in a high risk area.

    It’s not even evil, it’s just math, so long as this is the way we want healthcare to “work”.

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    4 months ago

    Damn they might be insuring large companies that are causing climate change, that might just seemingly possibly affect their business.