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* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'': In one short, Buzz Buzzard coerces Woody into signing a life insurance that will grant Buzz a sum of ten thousand dollars in case of Woody's accidental death.

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* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'': In one short, "Wet Blanket Policy", Buzz Buzzard coerces Woody into signing a life insurance that will grant Buzz a sum of ten thousand dollars in case of Woody's accidental death.
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* Subverted in the zombie episode of ''Anime/SpaceDandy.'' After [[spoiler:becoming a zombie himself]], Dandy hits on the idea of [[spoiler:cashing in his life insurance policy since he's technically dead.]] It's ridiculous, but it's legitimate.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E16DumbbellIndemnity Dumbbell Indemnity]]", Moe gets Homer to destroy his car and make it look like an accident so he can use the insurance money to fund his extravagant treatment of his new girlfriend. However, Homer is caught and jailed, so Moe decides to burn down the bar to fake his death after confessing to the fraud. He doesn't go ahead with this plan but ends up burning down his uninsured bar by accident.

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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E16DumbbellIndemnity Dumbbell Indemnity]]", (the title and plot spoofing the "Double Indemnity" example in live-action film) Moe gets Homer to destroy his car and make it look like an accident so he can use the insurance money to fund his extravagant treatment of his new girlfriend. However, Homer is caught and jailed, so Moe decides to burn down the bar to fake his death after confessing to the fraud. He doesn't go ahead with this plan but ends up burning down his uninsured bar by accident.
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* The RadioDrama ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'' followed the cases of insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Naturally, insurance fraud was a common plot driver.

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* The RadioDrama ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'' followed ''Radio/YoursTrulyJohnnyDollar'' follows the cases of insurance investigator Johnny Dollar. Naturally, insurance fraud was a common plot driver.
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* ''Literature/BloodOnTheStars'': The motive for the theft of the ruby. Voorland the jeweler and his customer Mark Dustin cooperated on a fake sale of a ruby, then arranged for the ruby to be "stolen" so they could divide up the insurance money.
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* In one of the ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'' books, the narrator tells about animals supposedly killed by lightning (the farmers tended to blame it in case of sudden death). There are usually few signs unless there are scorch marks. Siegfried inspects one case, and tells the farmer it's a textbook case of the scorch marks... except for the candle-wax dripped. The farmer is too upset to argue.

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* In one of the ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'' ''[[Creator/JamesHerriot All Creatures Great And Small]]'' books, the narrator tells about animals supposedly killed by lightning (the farmers tended to blame it in case of sudden death). There are usually few signs unless there are scorch marks. Siegfried inspects one case, and tells the farmer it's a textbook case of the scorch marks... except for the candle-wax dripped. The farmer is too upset to argue.
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* ''Fanfic/AllAlone'': [[spoiler:Danny and Officer Lagos aren't really sure whether Lagos can validly cash in his life insurance now that he's one of the walking dead. He could pass almost any medical tests to certify death -- limited or missing reflexes, no body heat, no circulation, no breathing if he doesn't want to -- but he's still walking and talking, which "tends to be a counter-indication to that sort of thing."]]

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