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Life & Health · Chapter 2 · Handling Risk

Self-Insurance vs No Insurance

Definition
Self-insurance is a PLANNED retention strategy — holding reserves to self-finance predictable losses. No insurance is simply refusing to acknowledge risk. They are NOT the same.
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