Manx comets and their kittens suggest this is exactly what occurred.

马恩岛猫彗星和它们的小猫表明，这些假说是成立的。

A better comparator for Manx products is financial advice, where commissions have been slashed.

对曼岛的产品来说，一个更好的对比是财务咨询，财务咨询业务的佣金已经被削减。

Manx comets, like their tail-wagging brethren, come from the Oort cloud.

马恩岛猫彗星，和它们带有慧尾的兄弟一样，来自奥尔特云。

A Manx comet, by contrast, is presumably a solid (and thus ice-free) lump of rock.

相比之下，马恩岛猫彗星很可能是一块固体的(不含冰的)岩石。

Business might shift to avoid the new rules. One Manx official worries about competition from the British Virgin Islands.

该行业或许会为了规避新的规则而转移。一名曼岛官员担心来自英属维尔京群岛的竞争。

For a Manx comet, the warning time would be hopelessly short.

对于一颗马恩岛彗星，预警时间短得无可救药。

Notably, the Manx operations of Zurich Insurance, a global insurer, focus on life-insurance and pensions schemes for the employees of multinational firms.

全球保险公司苏黎世保险在曼岛开展的业务尤其专注于为跨国公司的员工提供人寿保险和养老金项目。

The first Manx comet, so called after the tailless cats of the Isle of Man, was spotted in 2014 by a telescope in Hawaii.

2014年，人类利用夏威夷的一台望远镜发现了第一颗无尾彗星，并将其以马恩岛上的无尾猫命名，称为“马恩岛猫彗星”。

The four-tiered mound at Tynwald survives to this day, and the modern Manx parliament still holds an annual meeting there.

Tynwald 的四层土墩保存至今，现代马恩岛议会仍在那里举行年度会议。

Unhappily for Manx firms, these products are sold with hefty commissions. Some of their brokers in far-flung countries charge 6-7% of a policy's value.

不幸的是，对曼岛的公司来说，出售这些产品能获取高额的佣金。其中一些遥远国度的经纪人的收费是一项保险单价值的6-7%。