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Zikes on Feb 16, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Missing Malaysia Jet MH370 Weeks Away from Keeping...

And when it happens a second time, you will be asking why we never bothered to find out what happened the first time.

Honestly, $130m is not a lot of money to an industry such as that. I'll bet the majority of it was covered by insurance anyways.

WalterBright on Feb 17, 2016 [–]

The insured always winds up paying the cost of the claims, and then some, eventually. The premiums are based on the expected claims.

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