A lot of folks in the CoverWallet office are excited for the sixth season of “Game of Thrones,” which premiered on Sunday.
This got us thinking, what if each of the kingdoms in Westeros was a small business?
Well, the first thing these characters would need is more appropriate work outfits, less weaponry, followed by a boatload of insurance.
We’re excited to see what happens next, but so far we can tell that these characters would need the following insurance types to survive if their kingdoms were small businesses in today’s time:
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|Employment practices liability
From Khaleesi’s brother getting … um … a little too close for comfort to Arya’s “Kill List,” it’s pretty clear that characters could use Employment Practices Liability insurance to protect them from things such as sexual harassment and retaliation.
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|Employee dishonesty
The “Game of Thrones” characters aren’t the most honest folks out there.
We’re sure a lot of them would have a hard time getting a job in today’s world.
We’re thinking of Arya Stark, in Season 5 when she stole from the Many-Face God. Her punishment? Eternal blindness.
Perhaps, a little Employee Dishonesty insurance could have covered the loss instead? It wouldn’t have made for great TV, but it would have been a more humane way of dealing with things.
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|Health insurance
Let’s go back to the very first episode when Jamie throws Bran off of the tower after Bran catches Jamie and his twin sister, Queen Cersei, participating in some pretty saucy acts.
Bran is then cared for in his home and not at the hospital.
We know that there weren’t hospitals in the period where “Game of Thrones” takes place, but if there were, Bran would have been in much better shape!
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|Directors and officers
Some pretty questionable decisions are being made by high-powered individuals.
What about Joffrey? A cruel ruler, who treats his employees and family with reckless abandon.
Considered to be a bit mad, Joffrey is definitely our No. 1 pick for Directors and Officers insurance, as he’d most definitely get sued in our world.
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|Crime
Crime insurance is a given. Daenarys’s stolen dragons in Season 2 would be a great example, but, really, characters are swiping other people’s possessions left and right on this show.
From retaliation to inappropriate touching, it’s clear that the characters on the hit series could use some insurance. Maybe some of our favorite characters would still be with us today!
Rashmi Melgiri is the co-founder and COO of CoverWallet, an insurance startup based in New York City.
This article originally appeared on CoverWallet's blog. It is reprinted here with permission. To read the original, click here.
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