The purpose of insurance is to offer you financial protection from accidental risks and calamities that may befall you. But even when you are properly insured, it’s still in your best interests to try to manage those risks as best you can because insurance may not make you whole – particularly when the risk involves life and limb. We often don’t do a good job of managing our risks. Sometimes, what we fear the most is actually less risky than other common every day occurrences – so human nature being what it is, people often worry more about rare events and can be too casual about dangers that are more pervasive. What’s really dangerous? This graphic about danger and “20 surprising safety statistics” illustrates that point pretty well – we found it interesting so thought we’d share.
