Guy Browning takes a sideways look at insurance jargon
M is for
Malicious damage - Standard gossip
Malingering - When men buy the wrong kind of lingerie for their wife
Marine insurance - Insurance against the Marines invading the wrong country
Master cover - Iron cover over drains that should not be lifted
Material damage warranty - The removal of all breakable items in a house with children
Mathematical reserve - The inability of people who are good at maths to mix socially
Mean method of apportionment - Weightwatchers
Memorandum of association - Children from first marriage
Merger - Lowest form of Anglican cleric
Minimum rate - Pay scale for broker admin staff
Misdescription - Women's description of hideous friends as really good looking
Moral hazard - Sales director in back of taxi
Moratorium - Step before the crematorium
Mortgage - Modern kind of slavery
Mutatis Mutandis - Famous Greek shipowner
