# It was a good year - fewer lawyers than normal died!

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**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-good-year-fewer-lawyers-than-normal-died/513188 "2009-10-09T14:22:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-good-year-fewer-lawyers-than-normal-died/513188/1 "2009-10-09T14:22:59Z")

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At least, that’s the conclusion I reach from the cheques that Mrs Piper and I got from the Canadian Bar Association Insurance group - a partial refund of our life insurance premiums for the year, since they didn’t have to make as many pay-outs as the actuarials predicted they would.

So, my learned friends - keep jogging and avoiding the high-cholesterol foods!

I’m off to deposit the fruits of the Bar’s healthiness in our bank account.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-good-year-fewer-lawyers-than-normal-died/513188/2 "2009-10-09T14:29:27Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> At least, that’s the conclusion I reach from the cheques that Mrs Piper and I got from the Canadian Bar Association Insurance group - a partial refund of our life insurance premiums for the year, since they didn’t have to make as many pay-outs as the actuarials predicted they would.
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> So, my learned friends - keep jogging and avoiding the high-cholesterol foods!
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> I’m off to deposit the fruits of the Bar’s healthiness in our bank account.

How’s the Canadian legal job market? In the States, a lot of firms are laying people off. Might this be the result of a lot of people leaving the profession, rather than people being healthier?

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-good-year-fewer-lawyers-than-normal-died/513188/3 "2009-10-09T14:52:49Z")

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> [@Mr.Excellent](#):
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> How’s the Canadian legal job market? In the States, a lot of firms are laying people off. Might this be the result of a lot of people leaving the profession, rather than people being healthier?

But I’d bet they can still purchase insurance through the professional organization if they’re still members.

**Typo Knig** is a member of the American Physical Society even though he hasn’t been a working physicist for many years. He gets life insurance through them. There’ve been a few years where we’ve gotten partial premium refunds because fewer than expected scientists have died 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-good-year-fewer-lawyers-than-normal-died/513188/4 "2009-10-09T15:27:49Z")

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I’m a bit confused by the assertion that fewer lawyers dying improves a year, but congrats!