<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px">My note on an argument why to buy life insurance:</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:none;list-style:none;border:0px none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px">Just keep in mind that if you think it’s a good omen to buy insurance because the insurance company will benefit from your long life (owners are wealthy and wealthy have good financial mazal, it would imply that one should not purchase an annuity since insurance company benefits from early mortality.( You can’t take the actuary out of me </span><img role="img" class="emoji" alt="🙂" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/1f642.svg" style="outline: none; list-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0.07em; border: none; display: inline; box-shadow: none; width: 1em; vertical-align: -0.1em;">)<br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:none;list-style:none;border:0px none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px">And then my follow-up thought:</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:none;list-style:none;border:0px none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px">Undoubtedly. It’s much like, in my mind, the change in practice about going to doctors rather than just relying on faith. World changes, and certain risks that could not be dealt with in the past now can be. but sometimes folks seem to need halachic cover rather than just accepting that. Chazal were dealing with a different world.</span><br style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:none;list-style:none;border:0px none;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px">Your thoughts?</span><br><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px">KT<br>Joel Rich</span></div></div>