Working for an American branch of Lloyds' insurers, Owen Jephson is used to underwriting unusual things-weight loss in actors, inconvenient rain at garden parties, twins in the family-nonetheless he is taken aback when Lord Harrowby asks him to insure against his fianc?e jilting him at the altar. Never one to turn down an interesting offer, Jephson agrees, but swiftly dispatches Dick Minot to Florida to make sure that Lloyds' assets are protected...