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ksar

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About ksar

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    This is true. We've got a human in the loop, who is primed with alot of context around your request. Customer service + advice on coverage is the primary thrust of the feature.

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    CEO of Cover here. This is super surprising, as we sell our own policies + own a national insurance brokerage. No need to share/sell your information at all (nor would we, as a mat…

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    Sounding in here - I bought the domain. Let's start with it was a lot of money, and to the credit of some of the folks here it remains to be seen whether or not the purchase was pr…

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    As a tech company, many of the things we do to improve the insurance experience can (and perhaps shouldn't, per my prior comments), have zero marginal cost. Say your house burns do…

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    Insurance companies, largely offer the same products and "differentiate" on customer service. My view is that value-added services, and pressure on price will win the day. Highligh…

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    On the commercial side we offer business property, professional liability, errors & omissions etc. The financial guarantees you're describing do exist: https://apps.shopify.com/sig…

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    Thanks for the catch -- strangely, wasn't updated.

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    > For most of the insurance world, the hardest and most important thing to find is effective distribution and customer acquisition. This is absolutely true. If you look at how regi…

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    "An economy based increasingly on rent extraction by the few and debt buildup by the many is, in essence, the feudal model applied in a sophisticated financial system." The financi…