The phrase is linked to Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, who was Poland's prime minister during the severe floods of 1997, when the remark about taking out insurance became widely remembered. Shared first in Polish political discussion and later in meme edits and short videos, it survived because the advice is both practical and painfully obvious after a disaster. Online creators now reuse it far beyond its original context, applying the same line to storms, accidents and everyday mishaps where insurance would have helped.