Another rub: unwritten and nonbinding agreements common in the reinsurance industry that have the effect of lowering risk to the reinsurer by allowing it to wriggle out of a deal without a loss, in the event claims skyrocket.

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But to wriggle out of the Maastricht obligation, it will need other European government heads to interpret this requirement as no longer applying.

ECONOMIST: Tomorrow, perhaps

It appears to both of us that this company is trying to wriggle out of any liability by sending a guy over to give the chest a rub down with sandpaper and then okay it.

BBC: Fergus Muirhead

They will take it as proof that he always intended to wriggle out of the offer they rejected.

ECONOMIST: And finding that, in Thailand, they no longer fit together