Everett Barhold, sales manager for the Alpro Manufacturing Company (Toys for All the Ages) has plans to make a fortune in the time traveling business, but not in the usual way. He and his wife have hatched a plan to swindle the Inter-Temporal Insurance Company by taking advantage of the rarely used double indemnity clause.
Everett Barhold didn’t take out a life insurance policy casually. First he read up on the subject, with special attention to Breach of Contract, Willful Deceit, Temporal Fraud, and Payment.

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  1. “Double Indemnity” by Robert Sheckley, in Galaxy, October 1957.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Robert Sheckley