Auto insurance industry will shrink as crashes decline from self-driving

Auto insurance industry will shrink as crashes decline from self-driving | if nobody ever crashes, you don't need anywhere near as big an auto insurance industry anymore.

if nobody ever crashes, you don't need anywhere near as big an auto insurance industry anymore.

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  "context": "Lemonade will ensure the self-driving cars at a low rate. They're also going to ensure the um the robo cababs. Um and they don't care that the the crash rate will go way way down, which means the margins in auto insurance will be crazy high for a while, but ultimately the industry will shrink. And if nobody ever crashes, you don't need anywhere near as big an auto insurance industry anymore.",
  "verbatim": "if nobody ever crashes, you don't need anywhere near as big an auto insurance industry anymore.",
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      "notes": "HIT — Goldman ($0.50/mile to $0.23/mile by 2040) + EY (30-50% premium decline). Quantitative insurance-shrinkage forecast on record.",
      "source": "https://fortune.com/2025/06/11/goldman-sachs-autonomous-cars-insurance-costs-fault-accidents/",
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      "source": "https://www.tesery.com/blogs/news/tesla-full-self-driving-users-receive-major-insurance-price-cut-in-groundbreaking-lemonade-offer",
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      "source": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/19/ai-disruption-fear-might-strike-auto-insurers-two-stocks-are-in-the-crosshairs.html",
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