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Tourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks it (www.bbc.com)
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The statue, outside the Brussels stock exchange, had just been restored at great cost.

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[–] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not aware of insurance that covered illegal acts.

[–] maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait you guys don't have murder insurance??

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Not rich enough..

[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Although I'm only vaguely aware of the German laws, I don't think other EU nations' laws differ significantly.

Here's the corresponding law:

The insurer shall not be obligated to effect payment if the policyholder has intentionally and unlawfully caused the loss suffered by the third party.

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Since this was clearly negligence, I think they would be fine. After all, they didn't intend to damage the statue. Gross negligence is still negligence.

[–] echodot 1 points 1 year ago

That's just the purge with extra steps.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

liability insurance. In Germany, there are many that contractually agree to not refuse payment when the liablity occured out of gross negligence, which this would be by German standards... Yet... you were aware that this was a somewhat sarcastic remark and not me actually giving insurance advice, right?