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The larger the deductible you choose, the less insurance you are buying. Insurers want to sell insurance.

— Andrew Tobias The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982)

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The industry cannot long offer unneeded or overpriced insurance if people will not buy it.

The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982)

The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptions underlying their efforts.

The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982)

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In short: Readily available low-cost life insurance would be a threat to the industry, and whatever threatens the life insurance industry threatens America.

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Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run.

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