• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Unfortunately, a lot of the cash on hand for insurers comes from selling financial instruments like annuities. Annuities are something that retirees buy with their life savings to provide a fixed income. If the insurance industry goes bankrupt, it’s taking a lot of people with it.