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Comment by burntwater

3 years ago

Risk, for many things, will never be eliminated. They can only be reduced and/or redistributed.

For example, having fire sprinklers greatly reduces the risks from fire. However even the reduced risks are still too great for your typical homeowner, so therefore those risks are distributed (and the reduced risks are reflected in lower premiums for the homeowner).

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