How Does Insurance Work?
Many people pay small amounts into a pool, and the pool pays the few who suffer a big loss.
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1.How does insurance work in the video's words?
Many people pay small amounts into a pool, and the pool pays the few who suffer a big loss.
2.Why is the average loss easier to predict with many similar houses?
One house is a gamble; a thousand similar houses are a statistic.
3.A house has a 1 in 100 chance of a 20,000 fire per year. What is the expected loss?
1 in 100 times 20,000 is 200, which is the actuarially fair premium.
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Sources (3)
- OpenStax, Principles of Economics 3e
- Mehrere Bildungsseiten
- Eigene Rechnung / Modellannahme (synthetischer Versicherungspool)
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