Andrew Tobias Quotes

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

In some cases, corporations engaged in this activity have as much as 16 percent of their profits generated through the holding of 'janitor's insurance.'

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

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

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.

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

Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.

People don't want to be told what type of insurance they have to have.

I am a graduate in business management with specialisation in finance, and I love accounts!

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

To tell you the truth, it's a complex piece, so I can't really answer your question at present.

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

The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.

Some people trust an insurance company over the government, while others trust the government over insurance companies.

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 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.

Being obscure in acronyms is great. I think I'll start making up my own... INYM - I'm Not Your Momma.

Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.

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.

Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company.

We're Vatican assassins. How complicated can it be?

I have to say accounting almost killed me.

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.

You dig deeper and it gets more and more complicated, and you get confused, and it's tricky and it's hard, but... It is beautiful.