A Hairy Insurance Proposal
Illawarra Mercury
Friday June 18, 2004
IT was one of the more unusual requests British insurance underwriter Jonathan Thomas had received: Could he please draw up a policy to protect an unnamed star against the loss of his chest hair?
Ever the professional, Mr Thomas and his team of experts at London's Creechurch Underwriting got down to work, detailing every possible eventuality.
A payout would be triggered ``if, in the opinion of two independent medical referees, the insured person has suffered loss of more than 85 per cent of his hair covering the front of his torso", it says.
``We drafted a policy wording that would try to objectively measure whether they would have a loss," Mr Thomas said.
© 2004 Illawarra Mercury
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