ALEC TELFORD'S concerns about being inundated by companies offering funeral insurance (HAS, Aug 22) hits a nerve with me. From insuring your first vehicle, your house, your animals, your life, your travel, and your health, you now get to insure your death.

The old saying that “there are the two things you can't escape in this life –taxes and death” needs to be rewritten to include insurance.

John Cumberland, Rushyford