When you think of someone burning down a house for insurance purposes, you don’t imagine it would ever be the insurance company itself lighting the match. But that’s essentially what’s happening inside a giant destruction laboratory, funded by the insurance industry, in the woods of South Carolina. Scientists and engineers there build household structures — from decks to sheds to...
Inside the insurance industry’s destruction lab
When you think of someone burning down a house for insurance purposes, you don’t imagine it would ever be the insurance ...
By Dhallo News · November 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM IST
Source: NPR - Planet Money
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