Risky Business
How We Survive
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Hurricane Andrew and the Insurance Industry
After Hurricane Andrew, about a dozen insurance companies went bankrupt. Insurance only works if you bring in enough money from premiums to cover potential losses. Big household name companies like State Farm and Allstate created something called Pups. Now the Florida market is characterized by much smaller companies that could not sustain a loss greater than their one in a hundred.
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