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This is the SL office of Dutch insurer Univé, which they treat as a regular regional office. So while it's not an rl RL bank, it's definitely an RL insurer! They sell insurance in world, for sl residents and their (virtual) belongings. More here. Full disclosure: although I'm Dutch, I'm not working for them - and have no RL insurance there either :-)

posted by Sered Woollahra on Unive using a blogHUD
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posted by NEUROHACKER Obscure on Unive using a blogHUD
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Dutch insurance company Univé recently opened an SL office. They sell actual SL insurance, against theft, damages and care cost (?) for a mere 200 L$ per six months. If your claim is accepted, Univé will pay a maximum amount of 10.000 Lindens. This got me thinking.. How do they control the veracitiy of your claim? How do they insure for 'care'? Is that healthcare? What constitutes healthcare in SL? Unive doesn't tell - yet. Usually, there's lots of documentation to go with insurance, but this time it is a bit lacking. Univé programmed hostesses to help you around. Good idea, but how do I turn her off.. she keeps following me! Added: As I was trying to get insurance from Univé, I was given a notecard with more information. It's actually a nice package. Healthcare is obviously not included, although the wording of the original message seemed to imply it did. But you can claim damages or loss of value due to other avatars misbehaving, copying your intellectual property, using landbots on your land, paying for items that in the end are not transferred to you, and other similar stuff. Getting the insurance is quite easy. You click on the computer, it asks you to enter your email address on channel 1, and then you pay your 200 bucks. A unique identification code that ties you to this payment and insurance is then emailed to you. That's the code you have to use when claiming damages. One thing struck me as a bit odd: the final clause says that, for this virtual insurance, only virtual law is applicable. .Uh..what law would that be?

posted by Sered Woollahra on Unive using a blogHUD
blogHUD map and teleport permalink ]]>http://bloghud.com/id/11890Unive991953296595032Sered WoollahraMon, 30 Jul 2007 18:45:06 +0000Sered Woollahra