It's not unusual to be subjected to wild tabloid speculation when you're super-stud crooner Tom Jones.

However, just because he's not shy about flashing his ample chest hair, doesn't mean he has it insured for $7 million by Lloyd's of London.

That story, published recently by Britain's Daily Mail (a great publication for incisive articles on alien abduction), has been regurgitated by American Online, Fox News and other news media.

It's all bunk. About.com's Urban Legend maestro David Emery confirmed with the insurance giant that no such policy was ever issued for the 67-year-old star, famous for having ladies throw panties on stage as he sings.

Jones might want to talk to Lloyd's about insurance coverage for his penchant for wearing dangerously over-stretched leather pants. But that's another story.

The singer himself now claims on his web site that the story is "completely fabricated . . . We assume this is just the Mirror having a bit of fun and hope no one takes this kind of 'reporting' seriously."

Anyway, we'd like to wish the green, green grass that calls his chest home all the best.

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