If there is one thing that can be a real problem when you have a job like mine, it is getting a fair deal when it comes to life insurance. There are many different life insurance types out there but none of them are available for me at the standard rates that everyone else gets them at. The reason for this is simply due to my occupation, as I erect and fix electricity pylons and this is seen to be a way above average job when it comes to the danger that it presents to my health, and even my life. I have tried to explain to insurers that I am safe as houses when I am doing this but their underwriters always think that they know better. I have to pay almost treble what I would pay if I had a regular job and they also slap all sorts of occupational exclusions on the terms as well.
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