interfluidity
it's been a while since #RonDeSantis made the state a disaster area, but it's nice to see the Federal government formally acknowledging that.
Aug 28, 2023 at 4:45pmWeb
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Aug 28, 2023

@interfluidity
Since math and statistics are woke, I wonder how much of the noise is hand-waving over actuarial decisions made by insurance companies.

Insurance is regulated at the state level.

Show threadinterfluidityAug 28, 2023
@paninid did you see https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/home-insurance-costs-wildfires-floods-weather/675141/ ?
What Your Insurer Is Trying to Tell You About Climate Change

Insurers are trying to send a message. The government is trying to suppress it.

The Atlantic
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Aug 28, 2023

@interfluidity The faculty chair of the homeland-security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government used a lot of words which weren’t “adverse selection”.

Why?