Alien abduction insurance (With Zach Ewell & Simon Burgess)

About this episode

This episode explores the quirky world of alien abduction insurance with insights from journalist Zach Ewell and Simon Burgess.

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this April fools special we explore the quirky world of alien abduction insurance through the lens of journalist Zach Ewell, and Simon Burgess, who according to reports had sold numerous alien abduction policies. Zach Ewell shares insights into the time he interviewed Mike St. Lawrence, the man who first established the alien abduction policy. While Simon Burgess shares stories off his 'spoof' policies which included immaculate conception and alien abduction. We hope you enjoyed this episode, if you did please subscribe to be notified when new episodes release. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: RPC - Law firm

Guests: Zach Ewell, Simon Burgess

Topics covered

• alien abduction insurance
• quirky insurance policies
• April fools special
• journalism
• insurance industry

Keywords

• alien abduction
• insurance
• April fools
• Zach Ewell
• Simon Burgess
• quirky policies
• Mike St. Lawrence

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