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    ComicEpisode 3Posted August 12, 2026

    That’s Not How Insurance Works

    A homeowner asks why his premium went up when he never filed a claim, and gets a plain-language answer: insurance pools risk across many policyholders. The dollar figure shown is an absurd illustration for humor, not a quote or a real premium.

    Three-panel comic titled "That's Not How Insurance Works." Panel 1: a worried homeowner sits across a desk from a smiling insurance agent and asks, "I didn't make a claim. Why should my premium go up?" Signs in the office read "We've Got You Covered" and "Your Insurance Partner." Panel 2: the agent unrolls an absurdly long renewal invoice showing a joke total due of $114,382.12, with a flying pig, a penguin in a top hat, and a rainbow in the background to signal the number is fantasy, and asks, "How does that sound for you?" Panel 3: standing beside a chart labeled "Risk Pool" showing many small houses and people, the agent explains, "Insurance spreads risk across many homeowners. If every person's next premium had to equal their exact loss, there'd be no point in insurance." The homeowner replies, "Okay... that would defeat the whole purpose." Caption bar: "Homeowners insurance works by pooling risk across many policyholders - not by making one person's next premium equal the full cost of a loss." The dollar amount is an illustrative joke, not a quote.
    Three-panel comic titled "That's Not How Insurance Works." Panel 1: a worried homeowner sits across a desk from a smiling insurance agent and asks, "I didn't make a claim. Why should my premium go up?" Signs in the office read "We've Got You Covered" and "Your Insurance Partner." Panel 2: the agent unrolls an absurdly long renewal invoice showing a joke total due of $114,382.12, with a flying pig, a penguin in a top hat, and a rainbow in the background to signal the number is fantasy, and asks, "How does that sound for you?" Panel 3: standing beside a chart labeled "Risk Pool" showing many small houses and people, the agent explains, "Insurance spreads risk across many homeowners. If every person's next premium had to equal their exact loss, there'd be no point in insurance." The homeowner replies, "Okay... that would defeat the whole purpose." Caption bar: "Homeowners insurance works by pooling risk across many policyholders - not by making one person's next premium equal the full cost of a loss." The dollar amount is an illustrative joke, not a quote.
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