Gene Green Quotes

The concept of insurance is not to share risk but to avoid risk.

Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.

Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.

It is the normal and everyday activity of insurance companies to identify and segregate that part of the population which has the highest risk and either refuse to insure them at all or charge them a higher premium.

The basic premise of insurance is the pooling of funds from many to cover the costs of some. There are complicated methods for how to do this, but one fact remains consistent: For insurance to work well, people need to be in and stay in the insurance pool.

My father wasn't much for show business. He was an insurance man - very well-liked, very warm. He had a lot of friends.

There are only two things as complicated as insurance accounting and I have no idea what they are.

Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.

You know we're going to control the insurance companies.

Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.

The elimination of unnecessary collateral requirements on foreign insurers and reinsurers is not only beneficial for the individual companies, but for the industry as a whole.

The insurance industry communicates through codes and check-off boxes. If there's no check-off box for you, you don't exist.

Having just one insurance provider for all flood risk in the entire country makes no sense.

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.

We necessarily operate in an environment in which there's a great deal of uncertainty. In such an environment, it makes sense to use a risk-management approach to identify and avoid the big mistakes. That's one reason I favor a cautious approach.

The premise of insurance is to spread the risk. It's the premise of homeowner's insurance, of car insurance, and of health insurance. It's one reason why it's important to have insurance when you're healthy, so that when you get sick, you won't go sign up just when you get sick, because that increases the cost for everyone.

People need to take a little bit more risk.

The health insurance industry does not like to pay out claims, because they don't make money. The only way they can make a profit is if they don't pay for your operation. If they pay for your operation and your doctor's appointment and your pharmaceuticals, they don't make any money.

I want to say something in a tough-love kind of way about crop insurance. Let's face it: You don't buy insurance on your house hoping it will burn down. Neither do we want to buy crop insurance and hope our crop fails so we can file.

The advantage of knowing about risks is that we can change our behavior to avoid them. Of course, it is easily observed that to avoid all risks would be impossible; it might entail no flying, no driving, no walking, eating and drinking only healthy foods, and never being touched by sunshine. Even a bath could be dangerous.

Security and safety are very important for us.

It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.

I understand every parent has a different risk threshold. And I realize life is full of risks, even including harmful chemicals that we interact with on a daily basis.

The best risk to take is to look to score goals and to play a lot.

It's only a risk if you think there's a chance of failure.