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Money to burn it seems

Editor: I received my home insurance estimate with a whopping 300 per cent increase from $35 to $100 for a “wood burning unit.” The underwriter will not even allow me to discontinue this coverage without cancelling my entire policy.

Editor:

I received my home insurance estimate with a whopping 300 per cent increase from $35 to $100 for a “wood burning unit.”

The underwriter will not even allow me to discontinue this coverage without cancelling my entire policy.

Three hundred per cent in one year? Even BC Ferries might back away from that idea!

Consideration of those living in rural areas should be given. Protest from folks heating with wood stoves may be in order.

Clinton Smart, Gibsons