Insurance and Ethics
Insurance contracts are often used as a form of the game. This is so both as a kind of betting that the political process. In principle, insurance is willing to bet that you and your property will not suffer the loss of the insured. In exchange for this offer, and the risk to your contribution. If you win, to keep premiums in case of loss, make the payment. In this sense, is often compared to a type of long-term casino.
The difference between the premium and sum insured will be charged if damage occurs, it is simply an opportunity for insurance companies to be included in the map. It’s like the races and bet on horses who pays 10-1
This view of insurance has led to a number of individuals and religious communities will not allow insurance because of similarities with gambling. Among the groups, the prevention of insurance Amish and Muslim communities. What do these people, not the system, known as social security? This means that if a disaster, and one person was seriously damaged, then the whole society a step forward and confront their losses and rebuild. Although this system is very simple, can be as effective as the network of insurance. But the community really needs to move forward and help those suffering from natural disasters. That means there are more successful in small communities and sealed in large modern societies.
Social security system, therefore, is not always efficient. Often, the community, the course is not appropriate. Even in major disasters, the system can be that small communities are not able to completely new, without external support. That is why today, the assurance of May be more reliable. However, major disasters, modern insurance, may also be in trouble. This justifies the fact that one can not speak out against certain risks such as floods and earthquakes. The reason is that the damage is simply too much for insurance companies to deal with a.
There are other ways in which insurance is not a game of chance. For example, insurance companies seek to reduce the risk of loss, consistently, for example, installation of fire alarms, either by reducing the losses if the insured against event occurs, for example, through the rehabilitation of victims of the accident. Thus, insurance is a game in wages and the elements of risk, but also other elements that are different.