“Last week, a British man took out an insurance policy against the potential trauma of England being prematurely knocked out of the World Cup. If a panel of experts agrees that the Brits don’t get as far into the tournament as they should and the fan can give medical evidence that he suffered severe mental trauma as a result, britishinsurance.com will pay out a million pounds on his policy.
Meanwhile, a Dutch company is providing insurance against employees taking sick days when the Netherlands has a match.”
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