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To: DoodleBob
--- "Adjusting for miles driven and number of drivers, older folks die more often on the road than youngsters."

No problem with your analysis. Older people do die more often than the young, and some are passengers in vehicles, so the data need be even more granular. Generally, I go with the insurance companies whose profits are generated by making the safest bets possible.

66 posted on 09/06/2025 8:02:58 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Agreed. Many younger folks die with parents behind the wheel.

Insurance and all products’ prices reflect not just risk assessment but what price the market will bear, as well as state regulators’ mandates. And other factors. Indeed, the rich premiums paid by youngsters who “must” drive likely offset loss-leaders in other brackets; if junior picked Allstate because pop picked Allstate, dropping pop likely has a ripple effect.

Have a great day.


70 posted on 09/06/2025 8:47:09 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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