BURN IT DOWN! Insurance Will Cover It.
Channel: Common Sense Soapbox
Date: 2020-09-29

Seamus is stuck in jail after that surveillance misunderstanding, but he still manages to find himself in one of the many protest-turned-riots that have been happening all over the US this year. The rioters and their supporters brush off the consequences of their destructive behavior with the cavalier claim that “insurance will cover it.” But even leaving aside the fact that that’s definitely NOT how insurance works, riots have other, long-term effects that no insurance plan, no matter how comprehensive, could possibly cover.

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CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin, Jen Maffessanti, and Sean W. Malone
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone

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LINKS:

https://www.startribune.com/skyrocketing-demolition-costs-for-riot-damaged-properties-delay-rebuilding/572269302/?refresh=true
https://fee.org/articles/here-are-just-10-of-the-many-minority-owned-businesses-destroyed-in-the-riots/
https://fee.org/articles/the-true-victims-of-the-chicago-riots/
https://fee.org/articles/vandalism-is-violence-destructive-riots-are-not-just-property-damage/
https://fee.org/articles/minneapolis-man-who-watched-his-business-burn-says-he-s-leaving-history-suggests-more-will-follow/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2010/12/22/how-riots-can-influence-an-economy/#2c4aa3e26335
https://www.voanews.com/usa/nation-turmoil-george-floyd-protests/economic-damage-civil-unrest-may-persist-decades
https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2020/07/06/298012.htm
https://fee.org/articles/does-insurance-cover-rioting-and-looting-damage-either-way-its-disastrous/
https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html