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If you want to avoid ‘giving away your firstborn’, read the contract before signing
Despite our best intentions, most of us simply sign terms and conditions, rarely read the fine print, and fail to appreciate the consequences.
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Paul Harrison and Jeff Rotman
In 2019, a travel insurance company held a secret contest in which it included a line in the fine print of its policy promising A$10,000 (S$8,800) to the first person who spotted it.
Seventy-three policies were bought before the award was finally claimed. But those 73 who had obviously not read the policy would not have been alone.
