Still, there's a reason we all went into sportswriting and not, say, insurance sales.
Following his baseball career, he worked in insurance sales.
The Thai population accounts for a much bigger slice of medical insurance sales than the country's 850,000-strong international community.
He also was involved in insurance sales and real estate.
But it said its revenue from insurance sales last year was $20.4 billion, about the same as in 1996.
He had previously used radio as a booster for insurance sales.
By career, he was a businessman, including work in insurance sales.
Lloyd's said that it was also doing well with new insurance sales.
Although the verdict was rendered in a state court, it could influence insurance sales around the country.
The underlying issue concerns the relationship of insurance sales to investment markets.