co-insurance

Updated: June 4, 2025

This distinction between perpetrator and prey is essential. The insurance industry has developed a myriad ways to cope with moral hazard. Co-insurance, investigating fraudulent claims, deductibles, and incentives to reduce claims are all effective. The residual cost of moral hazard is spread among the insured in the form of higher premiums. No reason not to emulate these stalwart risk traders.

Samuel Vaknin - Capitalistic Musings