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If you think the equity from the startup is likely worth zero you shouldn't get involved with them at all. Working for a startup is challenging and can be chaotic and if you don't believe in the company's prospects there's no good reason to work for them. If you think the equity is worthless, you're expecting the company to fail. Go with the stable, if boring, offer.
Boring insurance jobs aren’t going anywhere. If you feel like 15K is a fair trade-off to do interesting work, then I don’t see why you shouldn’t consider that offer.