And they can charge higher rates for customers who smoke, who work in high-risk professions or who are old and more likely to need medical care.

But for the old, the sick or those in high-risk professions, they have charged higher rates or even denied coverage.

He noted that volcanology was an inherently high-risk profession in which on average of one scientist dies on the job every year or so.

It's simply a fact that prostitution is a high-risk profession compared to being an attorney or an elementary-school teacher," "And so they're considered expendable?

But increasingly, the two high-risk, high-gain professions are becoming a mutually beneficial hybrid.

It was understandable, though; street-sweeping was probably a very high-risk profession.

Would have required regular medical monitoring of employees in high-risk professions such as health care or certain kinds of manufacturing.

Some refuse to take on high-risk professions, like people who handle hazardous waste, the company said.

Some provinces may require high-risk professions to be screened to ensure public safety.

Smuggling is a high-risk profession with plenty of opportunities to upset customers.