Stop for a minute. No more checking out the fab insurance vacancies on s1jobs until you consider one important question.
Just how did Channel Four series The Jump get a company to underwrite their ski show?
This is the fourth time it’s been staged but after last year’s catalogue of calamities who thought it could ever return to our screens?
Not Tina Hobley, that’s for sure. The Holby city actress hobbled away from her time on the show on crutches and she wasn’t the only one.
Former Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle needed surgery on her spine after a crash. Made in Chelsea star Mark-Francis Vandelli fractured his ankle. Swimmer Rebecca Adlington dislocated her shoulder. Athlete Linford Christie pulled a hamstring. Ex-EastEnders actor Joe Swash chipped a bone in his shoulder. Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding injured a ligament. Model Heather Mills hurt her knee and thumb.
Just picture all those claim forms!
Cause of accident? “Throwing myself off a big slide on the side of a mountain while wearing two planks strapped to my feet and hoping all that fluffy snow would guarantee a soft landing.”
Loss of earnings would have to cover everything from missed personal appearances to lost Panto earnings. Oh, yes it would!
And it wouldn’t have been just the celebs but the insurance companies feeling the pain.
That’s why it takes the analytical mind, hard-earned knowledge and methodical checking of an insurance professional to ensure the correct policies are agreed in the first place and that they’re thoroughly checked in the event of claims.
Of course, it’s not only TV companies and celebs who are in need of sound advice from insurance pros. At this time of the year thousands of winter sports fans head to the slopes in Scotland and across Europe . . . and some of them come a cropper.
The last run of the last day is notorious for injuries yet airlines can refuse to carry passengers within 48 hours of a cast being fitted in case of swelling – so alongside all the hospital bills there are frequently flight and hotel costs too.
All of this means, if you work in insurance – and travel insurance in particular – the next few months are going to be the busiest and most challenging of the year.
It’s game on! Are you brave enough to make the jump?
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