Many might recognize the name and face of Phil Simms for his color commentary as a CBS sportscaster. What many forget is that Simms had one hell of a football career that lasted an entire decade and a half. While he wasn't known for exactly blowing his competition out of the water with insane stats, Simms would make the right decisions to help his team get in the perfect positions to win football games. Simms played his college football at the Division II Morehead State University. The Morehead State Eagles were known for their ball control offense that didn't necessarily allow Simms to thrive in the pocket or take many risks delivering the ball through the air. Throughout his entire college career, the Eagles failed to make the postseason.
Despite a rather unfulfilling college football career, Phil Simms was drafted 7th overall in the 1979 NFL Draft by the New York Giants where he would play his entire professional football career. As a rookie, Simms won his first five games as a starting quarterback. Unfortunately, the first seven seasons of his NFL career was plagued with injuries and mediocre play which made Giants' fans and the organization question their decision to draft the QB so high. Fortunately, in 1987 things turned around for Simms and the Giants as he held them to a 39-20 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI. In that game, Simms won Super Bowl MVP honors after throwing 22 completions out of 25 (88%) making his performance the highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl to date. Simms led the Giants to another championship in Super Bowl XXV before retiring after the 1993 NFL season.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.