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Old 12-09-2007, 05:58 PM   #73 (permalink)
GermanBJJ
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Originally Posted by limp_dilznick View Post
Insurance companies don't make money off of premiums, i.e. from actually insuring people.

For every dollar they take in premiums, they pay approx one dollar in claims / operating costs.

They make money by investing the money while they have it (i.e. after they take in the premiums but before they pay it out in claims).
Float is nice, isn't it? Is that quote in your sig from the Unibomber?
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