Café Inquiry (Online) – Why Is Insurance So Hard?

This event is held online. (Click the button to join the Zoom meeting.)

Why is insurance so expensive? Why do insurance companies insure themselves? How well do we understand how insurance works (or doesn’t work)?  What is “Adverse Selection”? An interesting new book, titled Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It, addresses these questions. At the next Café Inquiry, we will talk about why insurance is so difficult to get right. If you’d like to explore the topic beforehand, you can listen to or read the transcript of Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast interview with one of the authors of the book. Join us online for another lively discussion!

Café Inquiry starts with a short introduction of the day’s topic, followed by casual discussion.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated, but not expected.

Attendees are able to future propose topics which would align with Michigan Humanist’s purpose: from atheism, agnosticism, humanism, secularism, and freethinking to broader subjects in science and humanities, such as religion, philosophy, social issues, politics, evolution, morality, ethics, and psychology.

Café Inquiry (Grand Rapids) meets each month on the second and fourth Sunday.

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Michigan Humanists values the participation of all guests — requests for reasonable accommodation may be made by contacting the event host at least three days prior to the event.

Michigan Humanists expects all guests to engage in respectful discussion. Critiques on views and claims based on merit are allowed, but not attacks on individuals who hold other perspectives.

Any person engaging in disruptive behavior or harassment will be asked to leave, and may be banned from future events pending the severity of the action. Please speak to the event host or contact info@michiganhumanists.org if you feel these expectations are being violated.