Life Assured

North Yorkshire, 1950s - another tale from the Man from the Pru. Following Matthew’s motorcycle accident in which he broke his leg, he is unable to tour his widespread moorland agency, and so Evelyn, his wife, now completes the rounds on his behalf. Matthew, at home, is asked to edit Micklesfield’s new village magazine as well as looking after some of his clients from home. The task of producing the magazine, looking after the house and his intriguing list of clients, certainly keeps him busy whilst on sick leave from the Premier Assurance Association. Amongst his clients is a retired ballerina wanting to insure her legs, a farmer threatened with bankruptcy, a priest who wants Matthew to insure a holy relic, a man wanting to open a nudist colony in Micklesfield and another who wants Matthew to insure his ship. It’s all in the daily round of Matthew’s insurance visits.