Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich?

Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:42PM (#20522371)

> Insuring against all of this is almost certainly under 1000 per year.

Um, no.

Average auto insurance premium is $1,470/yr. [0]

Average homeowners insurance is $1,130/yr. [1]

Average health insurance (in 2018, probably more now), was $440/mo., Or $5,280/yr. [2] (And average health insurance will leave a lot of exposure to costs, so you still have a lot of downside risk at that price.)

The idea that you could almost certainly insure against all of that for under $1,000/yr is...wildly inaccurate.

[0] https://www.thezebra.com/auto-insurance/average-auto-insuran...

[1] https://www.creditdonkey.com/average-cost-homeowners-insuran...

[2] https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/resources/affordable-care-a...

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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by slowhand09 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:52AM (#20526419)

I concur with your statements. My guess is the poster accidentally omitted a zero, and likely meant $10k.

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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by _nalply on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:23AM (#20523068)

At 5M+ it doesn't really matter if you pay $1000 or $10000 for insurance.

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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by shoo on Thursday July 25, 2019 @05:02AM (#20523805)

Being indifferent to a recurring unnecessary 9k annual expense is roughly being indifferent to 9000 / +4% * 5m) = 4.5% loss of income from investments. If you're indifferent to too many decisions of this form, it's a good way to solve the problem of figuring out how to manage your assets

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