An undeployed satellite helped ignite Chris Payne's passion for insurance, and a unique and emerging risk class is keeping those flames burning four decades later. <i>(Credit: Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock.com)</i> An undeployed satellite helped ignite Chris Payne's passion for insurance, and a unique and emerging risk class is keeping those flames burning four decades later. (Credit: Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock.com)

It was the early days of businesses launching satellites, not long after government agencies opened up space for commercial enterprises. Chris Payne, at the time a junior broker at Lloyd's of London, was part of a team watching a rocket launch.

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