Vicar It's about this letter you sent me regarding my insurance claim.They shouldn't have bought the Neverpay policy.Devious Oh, yeah, yeah - well, you see, it's just that we're not...as yet...totally satisfied with the grounds of your claim.
Vicar But it says something about filling my mouth in with cement.
Devious Oh well, that's just insurance jargon, you know.
Vicar But my car was hit by a lorry while standing in the garage and you refuse to pay my claim.
Devious (rising and crossing to a filing cabinet) Oh well, reverend Morrison...in your policy...in your policy...(he open the drawer of the filing cabinet and takes out a shabby old sports jacket; he feels in the pocket and pulls out a crumbled dog-eared piece of paper then puts the coat back and shuts the filing cabinet)...here we are. It states quite clearly that no claim you make will be paid.
Vicar Oh dear.
Devious You see, you unfortunately plumped for our 'Neverpay' policy, which, you know, if you never claim is very worthwhile...but you had to claim, and, well, there it is.
Vicar Oh dear, oh dear.
Seriously though, this is strictly a contract issue over whether the policy covers "cancellation due to world wide pandemic". Although I don't have any love for the Dixie Chunks, the insurance industry is one of the most weasel filled collections of humanity ever gathered together.
They entered into the agreement while the pandemic was already in progress. Therefore the pandemic is insufficient reason.
It’s like buying flood insurance while there is already water in your home.
Wasn’t Lloyds of London one of the backers of their policy?
Time was Lloyd’s was the insurer of famous legs and other odd things. And aren’t their claims paid by the members of the company? Isn’t it more like a co-op type thing?