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Old 06-12-2009, 01:18 PM   #160
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Well, true, but they aren't losing the money because of insurance settlements.


I'm not sure a rate increase to me should be covering their stock market losses.

Who is going to cover it then? Let me know as unfunded pension liability would also like to know....

Well isn't it a conflict of interest if they are taking the money I am paying for insurance then gambling that on the stock market? I would think that there would need to be some sort of distinction or separation.

Otherwise that is a heck of a gig - make it a law that people must buy your product, then use that money to gamble on the stock market. Talk the government into putting a cap on the amount you may ever need to pay out on the premiums, and start swimming in the suckers money a la Scrooge McDuck.
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