Guy Browning takes a sideways look at insurance jargon
H is for
Hailstorm insuranceThe distance away from your boss you have to be to avoid being covered in spittle during one of his motivational briefings
Hazard - The sleepy feeling you get in the middle of a really long meeting
Hedging - Waxing in the bikini area
Hold harmless agreement - Women who like to give non-sexual hugs at every occasion
Honourable undertaking - Passing someone in the fast lane by driving in the slow lane, but for all the right reasons
Hull insurance - Cover you can get against ending up in Hull
Hybrid policy - Insurance for orchids
I is for
Impact damage - Failure to make an impressive entrance due to banging head on door
Implied condition - The tricky time when someone looks pregnant, but hasn't announced it yet
Implied warranty - Announcement of pregnancy and end of implied condition
Inception date - Unnecessary detail given with implied warranty
Incontestability clause - Arrangement by which when a married man says something it is automatically wrong
Incurred losses - Credit card statement
Indemnity period -Short period after gift-giving when man is allowed to be right
Instant certificates - Term for toilet paper at Lloyd's
Insurance - Money for nothing
Insurrection - Unnatural sexual arousal from underwriting
