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Why insurance companies insure themselves

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The people betting against your house burning down are terrified of massive regional fires, so they hedge their bets. Through a practice called reinsurance, major carriers buy massive background policies from global mega-firms just in case a hurricane wipes out their entire customer base at once. It is a giant, cascading chain of corporate anxiety passing the risk further up the ladder.

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