Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ...
by lotsofpulp on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:40PM
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I am not sure what the point is. If some people's premiums go up, then others' premiums would go down. Those people would choose to stick with the Snapshot device (assuming they felt the discount in premium was sufficient).
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Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ...
by dylan604 on Friday September 10, 2021 @02:06PM
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There's no guarantee that anyone's premiums would actually go down. Instead, you might find people that thought their premiums would go down actually go up because of this. After all, we're talking about insurance companies who are the poster child for fucking over their customers. Giving someone this much visibility surely means they could find something to justify a premium increase.
I would never voluntarily submit data to insurance like this. It's a suckers bet.
Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too ...
by lotsofpulp on Friday September 10, 2021 @02:58PM
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Total premiums would only go up if total losses go up. Simply disclosing more data would not cause total losses to go up.
Insurance pricing is very competitive and if one company raised premiums without experience by more losses, another would come in and offer insurance at a lower price.