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Re:Call for Code – Developer competition that seeks solution... by Gravityloss on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:39AM (#19869228)
I don't know if they look so far ahead? Ie if insurance is just for a few years at a time at once?

There's a paper that proposes long term property insurance, which makes it seem the one year contract is the standard? http://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/risk/library/J2010(JIR)_DJ,HK,...

Re:Call for Code – Developer competition that seeks solution... by deelowe on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:48PM (#19869856)
Ahh. That makes sense. So insurance is more interested in the potential for a claim within the current policy cycle and not the long term risk.
Re:Call for Code – Developer competition that seeks solution... by Bartweiss on Thursday May 09, 2019 @02:08PM (#19870627)
That, and in some cases highly-correlated risks get dismissed altogether.

If your neighborhood floods, that's a bunch of insurance claims, but if your city floods, that's potentially a bailout, bankruptcy, or contract exemption for the insurer. (In some cases, like sea level rise in Florida, there's already an understanding that the state is subsidizing insurance that wouldn't be available otherwise.)

So I could definitely imagine some value for a buyer-focused service that carries information about all known risk, not just covered/unsubsidized risk.