farmers in nebraska subsidizing
people with beach houses in new
jersey.
jason: this is a really
appealing investment, the
insurance side of this.
james: there is very little
correlation to financial markets
and extreme weather events.
funds,very large
sovereign wealth funds and hedge
funds and others basically news
-- use the insurance industry
for disaster risk as a hedge
against financial markets
globally.
that has just resulted in,
pardon the pun, a flood of
capital entering into the
reinsurance market which has
made capital extremely cheap and
also has disincentivized a lot
of providers from accurately
pricing risk, because it is not
their money.
jason: people do not necessarily
think about these as
investments.
they all want -- they almost
think of them as a piece of
jewelry, it is a luxury item at
the highest level.
james: absolutely right.
that said, i don't think anyone
buys any luxury item except for
maybe a new car that they are
driving off the lot thinking it
will...