For reasons that have never been clear to me, the call centre for my insurer – a policy bought through a broker in Dubai, regulated in the Channel Is… - Emma Brockes

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For reasons that have never been clear to me, the call centre for my insurer – a policy bought through a broker in Dubai, regulated in the Channel Islands, and falling under the umbrella of one of the biggest insurers in the US – is located in Scotland, ensuring that the man who picked up my call had to strain as hard as I did to pretend this situation was normal.

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About Emma Brockes

Emma Brockes (born 1975) is a British author and a contributor to The Guardian and The New York Times. She lives in New York City.

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