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Die Hard: Who is insurance’s answer to John McClane?

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Content Director's View: Putting aside the argument about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not, Jonathan Swift asks if you have ever wondered who would be the insurance equivalent to NYPD cop turned terrorist plot spoiler John McClane?

Roll around every November/December and we are faced with the perennial question: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

First and fore-most Die Hard is obviously a classic action movie with the late Alan

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