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EV_Ares

(6,587 posts)
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:08 PM Dec 2015

Mass shootings have companies exploring 'active shooter' insurance

Mass shootings, like the one this week in San Bernardino, Calif., are becoming so prevalent that your company can now buy insurance to cover them.

Three months ago, Willis, a large insurance broker, began selling policies that cover gun violence. The policies are called active shooter insurance. Willis originally pitched the insurance to universities, but over the past few months, the brokerage has been receiving inquiries from hotels, hospitals, and other institutions.

“There’s been widespread interest in the product,” says Wendy Peters, an executive vice president at Willis. She says recent incidents have raised the awareness for the need for this type of insurance.

Link to Article: http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mass-shootings-have-companies-exploring-active-shooter-insurance/ar-AAfZrde?ocid=spartandhp

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Mass shootings have companies exploring 'active shooter' insurance (Original Post) EV_Ares Dec 2015 OP
Is that a pre-tax benefit? 6chars Dec 2015 #1
Oh, HELL yeah!!!! Capitalism to the RESCUE!!! PatrickforO Dec 2015 #2
"Prevalency...:" Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #3
 

Eleanors38

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3. "Prevalency...:"
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 03:03 PM
Dec 2015

Compared to what? What were the incidences of "mass shootings" five years ago? Ten years ago? Fifteen? Twenty?

I assume you are not using the former "mass murder" definition(s), which themselves have been changed. How old is the "mass shooting" definition?

Thanks.

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