The great cliché about insurance is that you don’t need it until you need it, and that you’re only getting the most out of your cover if something goes wrong. In an ideal world you’d never need to make a claim on your insurance which is why buying it can sometimes feel like a bit of a thankless task. Of course, time and time again people discover the hard way that having insurance in place can be very useful when they need to make a claim. Usually this is down to unfortunate but pedestrian situation – such as suffering an accident or a burglary. But every now and then people find themselves making a claim for something they could not possibly have anticipated. Here are 10 of the weirdest insurance claims (that were also successful). (read more) "Monkeys, Coconuts and Flying Christmas Trees – 10 Of The Weirdest Insurance Claims"