SPACE COLLISIONS
January 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNTHERE is an American company - St Lawrence of Florida - which will insure you against anything coming from outer space, be it an asteroid crashing on to the earth or abduction by aliens. The latter costs US$22.95 for cover of US$10 million. And yes, there are people who take out such policies.Specific protection against damage caused by asteroids, comets and other space debris is not something that insurance companies are often called on to consider, no doubt because no claim has ever been made under this heading. But should it happen, ...
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