A CRUISE company has insured its luxury fleet for more than �1million � against damage by the LOCH NESS MONSTER.
Jacobite Cruises, which carries more than 100,000 sightseers on the world-famous loch every year, says it�s taking no chances of a monster payout.Bosses struck the wacky deal with Inverness insurers Towergate Moray Firth last week � the 80th anniversary of the first Nessie spotting.
Jacobite owner Freda Newton admitted: �I don�t know what the odds of this actually happening might be but this is Loch Ness and how silly would we look if it did and we weren�t covered for it?
�I hope we never have to make a claim and if Nessie does make another appearance, she gives our boats a wide berth.� Bob Jack, director of Towergate Moray Firth, said: �This is probably the most unusual insurance request we have ever had, but we were delighted to provide cover to Jacobite Cruises.
�I�m sure everyone who sets sail on the loch would settle for a sighting of Nessie rather than a much closer encounter. We wish Jacobite, their passengers and crews many more happy voyages on the loch without any claims on this policy.�
Nessie pulls in about �60million a year for the Inverness economy.
Source: The Scottish Sun