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Originally Posted by General Pain
hmm..So the Insurance companies are the ones that should pay mercs...probably cheaper than paying insurance claims.....
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Actually, no.
The payouts are likely cheaper than hiring mercs to sit about doing nothing potentially for months at a time - at the very least weeks between ports. Added to the mercs fees are transportation costs - the hiring party is likely to be responsible for flying the mercs around from port to port (they'd obviously not be needed away from the piracy areas).
And of course there's the supply of weapons for their use. They'd most likely be weapons assigned to the ships rather than the mercs - too many issues in port otherwise getting them on and off.
The thing to remember is that it's not just one insurer who's covering all the claims - although millions are being paid out on a fairly regular basis, each company might only be hit a few times a year so it's a bit hard for their accountants to justify the certain expense of year round, permanent mercs on ships against the uncertainty of a successful pirate hijacking.