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Television host fuming over insurance increase

Posted On: Feb. 10, 2020 11:05 AM CST

Piers Morgan

It’s likely “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan wasn’t thinking about his health insurance when he posted an Instagram photograph of himself smoking a cigar during a boozy lunch.

But his health insurer was thinking, he’s a smoker and there’s proof, and apparently raised his annual premium, the Sun newspaper reported Sunday.

An outraged Mr. Morgan reportedly snuffed out his policy with the unnamed insurer and told the Sun: “I’ve never smoked cigarettes and only have four to five cigars a year.”

“But they still wanted to slap a massive hike on my premiums for being a ‘smoker’, so I sought cover elsewhere,” he said.