X-Message-Number: 20302 Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:17:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Badger <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #20289 - #20294 In Message #20294, Bob Ettinger writes Scott Badger writes in part: >> Indeed, [insurance companies] might well decide to pay >> out on life insurance policies only on the condition >> that a body be cremated. > No. They pay off on a death certificate, and the > actuarial statistics are not affected by what > happens after legal death. Insurance companies don't > lose with cryonics--they win, because they sell > additional policies and the actuarial statistics are > not changed. > Robert Ettinger Yes, but my point was that if cryonics someday becomes a successful and accepted medical procedure and the patient is only considered to be in stasis, then Coroners will have no reason to issue a death certificate. No death certificate, no life insurance. Cryonics may be a last ditch medical option when the cure for something isn't known yet or whatever, but who isn't going to want to use that option if cryonics is shown to work. Some I'm sure, but not most. ===== Scott Badger, Ph.D. Member: ALCOR, Extropy Insitute, Life Extension Foundation Instructor/Researcher-University of Idaho Just released: "PHENOM"- my Transhumanist CD (www.mp3.com/scottbadger) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20302