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- A airplane crashes with all lives lost. Three weeks after the crash, Eastern Insurance starts to pay out claims. A witness come forward to say the plane exploded. Why has Philip Burns started a new relationship just after his wife's death?
- SS Tilman sinks with all hands. Owner Gormley sells it's sister ship, the SS Sircon for scrap. After collecting the insurance he buys a new freighter. When crewman Varga, who was on the Tilman, is found murdered questions are asked.
- Champion boxer Kirk Carter is found drowned on the eve of his next fight. Eastern Insurance asks John Hunter has to investigate. Carter's fiancee Verna Matthews is suspicious about the recent behaviour of promoter Sam Harvey.
- When fortune teller Madam Oszeny is murdered at the Carnival of Fun, Eastern Insurance take notice as the circus has been paid out for it's losses. Eastern learn she was a police informer so Hunter goes undercover to find the fraudster.
- Mrs. Osborne's emeralds have been stolen from her hotel room. She doesn't want the insurance instead she wants Eastern to get the emeralds back. Cat burglar Harry Flash is suspected so John Hunter tries to track him down.
- Aging playwright Eugene Calder dies of a seizure but has a £50,000 payout. Hunter investigates to see whether it was accident or murder. Calder had a much younger wife but was cheating on her with a married woman.
- Eastern Insurance pay £6,000 to Ken Northwood when his classic Brilton Deluxe car is stolen. Three other insurers have also paid out for Brilton's. Hunter learns Northwood visits showrooms, collects details and then insures the cars.
- Gene Walker asks Rudy Lamb to stage a hold up in his own home so he can steal his wife's diamonds. Lamb follows his instructions but sees Walker shoot his wife before killing him. Eastern Insurance asks John Hunter to investigate.
- Eastern Insurance get involved in an Hollywood publicity stunt when they agree to insure dancer Anita Faraday legs for £50,000 each, for a week. When she breaks her ankle they have to pay £100,000 but John Hunter wants to investigate.
- Journalist Cooke wrote an article about Tyler and Martin Investments. He claims that the pair had made money by selling out rich clients to the Nazis and keeping cash rewards. Eastern Insurance need prove the story is not libelous.
- World famous pianist Leon Bender hands are insured for £50,000. Walter Allen is suspicious that three days before a car accident the insurance was doubled. John Hunter doesn't believe the evidence of Bender's car accident can be true.
- Engineer Leon Little is the only person to die in a train wreck that leaves Eastern Insurance paying a Double Indemnity for an accidental death. Rail investigator Potter believes it was murder not accident so John Hunter is called in.
- When penniless Henry McCoy dies of heart attack his lawyer Mr Hardy discovers he was once rich and left a £50,000 life insurance to his son David. When a David McCoy contacts Hardy they plan to get the cash before the real son shows.
- Five years after Professor James Kayle moved to an island. near Singapore, his wife Gail arrives at Eastern Insurances demanding a cheque for £50,000. John Hunter travels to the Far East to find confirmation of his death.
- Conman Major Randolph is heading to Tangiers for a big score when he bumps into Jim Bates, who he owes money to. When the plane crashes, his sister Mabel is set to inherit £10,000 and Bates wants his money and knows the Major didn't die.
- Mary's father didn't read the fine print when he filled out his life insurance policy and now that he's died, she's unable to claim the money from that policy.
- American violinist Felix Adrian is playing in the village of Rushmore. Eastern have insured him but Walter Allen is convinced they are working a scam. After Adrian traps his hand in a lift door, Hunter is sent to discover the truth.
- George Connel has suffered three heart attacks and his doctor doesn't believe he'll survive another one. He has no money but wants to leave he relatives some cash. So he ropes in a fellow conman Tim for one last confidence trick.
- Benjamin Clarke buys a crate of books for £100 and finds a 1st edition Gutenberg Bible worth a £20,000. During a family holiday the bible stolen. The insurance is paid but Clarke's family have taken over his affairs, selling all his books.
- A gang broke into the home of Lester Price stealing his wife's jewelry. Hunter is asked to investigate. The following day, burglar Jake Fry is found dead and Price's jewelry found in his home which makes Hunter very suspicious.
- Champion steeplechase horse 'The Mighty Warrior' falls and dies during a race costing Eastern Insurance £20,000. Hunter is sent to investigate Jefford and O'Shea stables and discovers that trainer Betty Fuller vanished after the race.
- Dr Ben Ulrich fails depart a boat when it docked at London. Ulrich was a major witness in Countess Eva Varga's libel suit against a major motion picture company. The film portrayed Eva's mother having murdered her but is it true?
- Joy Allington is nearly killed on a skiing holiday in Switzerland. She sends a letter to Walter Allen telling him that her husband was trying to kill her. As the couple have accident insurance he sends Hunter to investigate.
- A fire on the eve of Madame Orlette's fashion show raises suspicion when all the dresses are destroyed. Walter Allen discovers Orlett'es model Mona is demand but she is married to a suspicious character called "The Weasel".
- Walter Allan gets a call from the husband of his cousin that he has been robbed. He and John Hunter to go and help and find the man strangled. The police have been given the name Ralph Nixon but he has vanished.