• Steve@communick.news
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    17 hours ago

    Loyd’s runs an insurance brokerage or market, they don’t actually underwrite the policies themselves.

    • Cricket [he/him]@lemmy.zip
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      16 hours ago

      He’s talking about reinsurance. Front-line insurance companies that you typically deal with directly are (sometimes? often?) “reinsured” by other insurance companies backing their risks. It’s turtles all the way down.

    • Talcosis@lemmy.zip
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      17 hours ago

      They also insure the insurance companies themselves. Insurance companies have to get payout insurance, for if they have to do a big payout.