Re: AltInst: Legislation insurance

From: Christopher L. Weeks <c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu>
Date: Wed Apr 22 1998 - 13:40:29 PDT

Hal Finney wrote:

> It might be seen as immoral. Normally legislation is presented as
> addressing some inequity or evil. Allowing people to insure against
> such legislation would mean that they would benefit from the wrong
> they
> were previously engaged in.

Do you mean by this that it's illegal to provide insurance of this
sort? I'd assumed when thinking about it, that it was just not done for
economic reasons or because their was no buy-in from the management
level of insurers. Isn't malpractice insurance a form of litigation
protection?

Sincerely,

Christopher Weeks
Columbia MO

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