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by mschuster91 134 days ago
Operate like they did before they had access to surveillance technology that would have made Gestapo and Stasi blush
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This. If you're nearly "perfectly" pricing risk on an individual level then you defeat the point of insurance which is to pool risk.

If my hypothetical cost over an N decade period is within a fraction of a percent of payouts in that time what do I gain by paying for insurance other than creating a principal-agent problem?

You’re mad the insurance companies are charging you what you owe? You do have the option to self-insure.