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If true, here's what looks like could be another reason why some companies provide no security for employees: http://www.sjvgreens.org/archive05/dead_peasant.shtml --but it's an article from 2002 and may no longer be relevant. I tried to find the article on the Houston Chronicle site but while numerous sites provide a link to the Houston paper, the link returns a not found error. There is another source here http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-84829828.html. Looks to be the same but I didn't feel like signing up for the 7-day trial in order to see the entire article. I couldn't find it debunked anywhere, but then that leaves me making something of an argument from ignorance, and of course, proves nothing. Also, the article refers to litigation and I don't know how any of it turned out --supposedly dead peasant insurance is illegal in Texas, but some companies try to dodge the law by taking out the insurance in other states. The first linked article claims:

"Meanwhile, National Convenience Stores also has bought accidental death policies on its employees. When an employee died at work, such as in a robbery, NCS received $250,000, Clearman said.

The insurance came to light after an NCS manager died in a car wreck going to get change for the store, said Clearman, who represented the estate of the deceased employee, Ramon Pamez. The case is set for trial beginning Monday in state district court here.

Because it had insurance, NCS did not have incentive to provide security at the convenience stores, Clearman said.

At the same time, Diamond Shamrock was installing bulletproof glass and putting in two employees at night, Clearman said.

Between 1991 to 1995, Diamond Shamrock had one on-the-job death in Texas while NCS had nine, Clearman said."


And BTW, reading through the comments after the ABC article, someone claiming to be an employee of Walgreens says that the claimed "extensive training" in dealing with robberies is nothing more than a 3 minute video shown to new employees. It would be interesting to find out just what their "extensive training" really is.