howeverand this was covered extensively by the media at the time , and has since served as precedentsince that took place both before the 1st of march and before any other seasonal incident had been reportedand his insurance company sought both high and low for that one incident which would have nullified the policy and saved them a bundleand since he did in fact prevent what would have been the first reported uii , the season , as it happened , had not yet started , neither officially nor un-officially , and his life insurance policy , therefore , was still in force .