# Finally bought that Greenwich Village Brownstone?  Better tie a rowboat to the roof..

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**Created:** [March 5, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-bought-that-greenwich-village-brownstone-better-tie-a-rowboat-to-the-roof/347184 "2006-03-05T22:26:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-bought-that-greenwich-village-brownstone-better-tie-a-rowboat-to-the-roof/347184/21 "2006-03-06T23:56:50Z")

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> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> Let’s pull this into context. My emphasis:  
> There will be less competition in the marketplace, and companies that cover large-scale disasters are losing money. It will be harder to insure, but not impossible. It is also a safe bet that insurers are also looking at that hurricane map, and setting premiums based on relative risk (nice to see my home is not at risk).
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> Another thing to note, in typical newspeak, MSNBC has quoted the highest number. Not the median, not the mean, but the highest.

there is, of course, a subtext relative to the entry of hedge funds into the reinsurance business–as leveraged entities, they open the door to seriously heightened dislocations in the financial markets secondary to natural disasters. It is not merely a question of paying another dollar or two per thousand on your policy, although that alone can change the way a project pencils out.

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**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-bought-that-greenwich-village-brownstone-better-tie-a-rowboat-to-the-roof/347184/22 "2006-03-06T23:58:17Z")

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_Originally Posted by tomndebb  
When come back, bring discussion._

generally, he just shuts me down without helpful suggestions…

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