Niche insurance is

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provided for small, low-demand markets. It is outside of the usual insurance types available, such as

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, home,

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, and business insurance, and can be very difficult to obtain. A few examples are: * Insurance for drivers with convictions, often referred to as

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Car Insurance * Home Owners Insurance for those owners who have previously made a large claim * Professions which are unusual (

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s) or high risk (such as scaffolders). * Temporary event insurance ( fêtes, live music events) * Body-part insurance, for people whose livelihood depends on the state of a particular part of their body, such as actors' legs or noses. * Kidnapping of key corporate executives. * Alien abduction – the first company to offer UFO abduction insurance was through the St. Lawrence Agency in

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. GEICO insurance (which does not sell alien insurance policies) and ''

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'' report that one English company has sold over 30,000 policies. * Death or disability caused by supernatural phenomena, including ghosts and poltergeists. In these circumstances, a specialist insurer is required for these

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areas. The specialist may have expert knowledge of the particular risk or can provide policies which have been tailored to fit the need. Often, approaching others with similar circumstances in

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forums, associations or competitors in the same trade can help track down these niche products. Several celebrities and

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s have had their

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es underwritten in amounts exceeding one million dollars, including

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frontman David Lee Roth, and pornographic actor

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"Porn star insures penis for $1 million" Global Post.
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, also known for insuring other body parts including the

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of Bruce Springsteen.

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