X-Message-Number: 12901
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:19:58 -0500
From: gary tripp <>
Subject: self-funding insurance

What are the prospects for setting up a non-profit insurance scheme
for cryonicists. We could employ something akin to universl life where
premiums would go into an investment fund. A portion of the investment
returns would be used to pay the "cost" of insurance. We could mandate 
that most of the money be used in concervative investments but with a 
small portion for investment in life-extension related ventures
where there is an exptected commercial return. At some point the returns
would be sufficient to reduce future premiums provided that the initial
premiums were high enough. With appropriate safeguards (regular audits)
the only issue would be insurance viability. Has anyone done the math?

/gary

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