Guy Browning takes a sideways look at insurance jargon
P is for
Par value -Cost of golf club membership
Parity clause -Long toenails like a parrot's
Payment in lieu - Annoying system of having to pay for clean lavatories
Peril Cheap washing powder
Persistency rate - Measure by which women assess men's nuisance value
Pilferage - Taking things from the fridge that don't belong to you
Pirates - Trendy form of yoga
Plaintiff - Common spat as opposed to unusual argument
Policy fee - Backhander for foreign police
Portability - Test for promotion involving massive consumption of port
Port risks insurance - Phone number of Alcoholics Anonymous
Proposal - Something women only want from a kneeling position
Proviso - Picturesque Italian resort
Pseudonym - Broker in a black polo neck
Quotation slip - Accidentally passing on gossip that was meant to be secret