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VanGoghRocks

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6. I imagine there are some insurance company execs somewhere shitting their pants, although

Reply to Bjorn Against (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 01:36 AM

Aug 2014

I think the insurance industry operates much like bookmakers, laying off risk onto other re-insurance providers. I hope somewhere some bean counter is shitting his or her pants b/c he or she failed to price in a 'racism risk premium.' And thus concludes my knowledge and experience of the insurance industry

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so maybe Ferguson PD incites deliberately to arrest and FINE protestors! [View all] grasswire Aug 2014 OP

It is not so lucrative when the fines get dropped and the lawsuits get filed Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #1

Would a city carry liability insurance to shield itself from such an VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #3

They do usually have some insurance, although it generally only goes so far Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #5

I imagine there are some insurance company execs somewhere shitting their pants, although VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #6

what is the adjudication of those who have been arrested so far? grasswire Aug 2014 #2

I don't think you realize how often charges against protesters get dropped Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #4

One other thought occurs to me -- it's no longer just the Ferguson PD that's on VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #7