Would James Bond get his no claims bonus?

One man who's never been a stranger to the profession of vehicle recovery is Britain's best known (and probably only) super-hero, James Bond.

Some might say the term super-hero is a little over the top, but how else would he have survived about 24 separate car crashes with nothing more than a squint tie and a slightly annoyed blonde by his side?

While his escapades would have certainly kept a great many vehicle recovery providers in long trousers over the years, the world of insurance might not have looked upon the UK's greatest intelligence asset with quite so much fondness. Indeed, any attempt to benefit from a no claims bonus might be viewed with a great deal of suspicion.

The savvier of insurers might confront him with video evidence of dozens of high-speed crashes involving Aston Martins, high-end BMWs and submarine Lotuses.

Using the video's freeze-frame, an unperturbed Mr. Bond might casually bring the insurer's attention to the fact that the Aston Martin was driven by a sarcastic but handsome looking Scottish type, the BMW by a distinctly different chap, probably of Irish descent by the look of him, and the submarine Lotus by a smug-looking toff with a permanently raised left eyebrow. These men, Bond would say, are all different.

The befuddled insurance man would reluctantly concede that all these men were indeed different, and that yes Mr. Bond, your no claims bonus is still in one piece, even if 24 luxury sports cars are not.

One has to question whether investing so much time, money and effort into facial reconstructive surgery and name deed-poling is quite worth the joy of maintaining one's no claim bonus. Worth a try I suppose.