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[–] Liz@midwest.social 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yes, there's rather shady business surrounding ship insurance, actually.

[–] unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Is there anything in existence that isn’t a fucking scam ?

[–] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

sourdough bread is pretty swell.

[–] myusernameis@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

nope.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Don't know about all those artisan bakeries tbh.

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 3 points 7 months ago

Not of great use for bridges related accidents though

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Woodworking

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Lumber prices...

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Gardening, libraries, USPS?

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ooh, please do elaborate

[–] subtext@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don’t know what they’re talking about but here’s an example of a maritime insurer (as well as being one of the insurers that insures other insurers)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_of_London

E: sorry, Lloyd’s is not an insurer, but an “insurance and reinsurance marketplace”

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Sir I will insure your ship for just a $1000 premium. I only take payment in iTunes gift card.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Ship insurance is somewhat how modern capitalist world trade came into existence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company?wprov=sfla1

Bunch of people putting money together for ship to have a try going and returning with lots of goodies, is like an insurance I'm some way.

I think insurance isn't just possible, it's obligated to be allowed to enter certain ports with certain shipsizes.

[+] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee -16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My God, some of the questions being asked here just beggar belief.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Everyone learns something for the first time somewhere, but yeah. Lemmy is supposed to skew millennial.

There is a legitimate concern that their policy doesn't cover a noticeable fraction of the damage.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lucky 10,000.xkcd

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I like the general sentiment but not the worked example,.the US is only ≈4% of the global population so 10k is low balling.

https://xkcd.com/1053/

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think it's reasonable to exclude a large portion of the population that isn't chronically connected, and English speaking. While, admittedly that's not only the US, it's much more than 4% with the vast majority of the world excluded.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I can see an argument for taking internet usage as a proxy for education in which case the US swells up to ≈16%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users

But I don't think we can exclude non-english speakers, supervolcanoes are a global phenomena, mentos is sold in 130 countries by an Italian-Dutch corporation, and insurance traces its roots back to Chinese shipping in 3rd millenia BCE.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago

This is not a difficult thing to find an answer to, either.

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