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Underwriting whole lives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

M Ean Taylor
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Extract

In ET8, October 1986, EAN TAYLOR wrote about arcane expressions used by banks and building societies in England. Now he considers the phraseology of British life insurance/assurance, its euphemisms and jargon, and would welcome information about parallel usages elsewhere.

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Angles of Vision
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English Today , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 29
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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