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		codecamper on March 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lyft Carpool: A New Way to Commute I suppose they can't offer insurance because the insurance company didn't know how to compute the price. In other words, because Lyft is doing something very different than what has happened for the previous 6 or so years, the insurance industry doesn't know how to react. Sounds like an opportunity to me.

snotrockets on March 29, 2016 [–]

Oh, you could find an underwriter for everything if you look enough. It's just that the premium might be very high.

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