George Burns discovered Ann-Margret and turned her into one of the top actresses in the 60s. Some of her movies include Viva Las Vegas with Elvis, Magic with Anthony Hopkins, Grumpy Old Men with Walter Matthau, and Bye Bye Birdie. Basically, she's acted alongside some of the greats! She also has the honor of having been made a cartoon in The Flintstones where she played herself (a Flintstone's version of herself).
What I'm about to tell you next will sound unbelievable. In 1972 she fell 22 feet and broke bones in her face, as well as her arm. That's not the crazy part. The crazy part is that her husband took her to the hospital in a stolen airplane. What would you do for love? Would you steal a plane just to get your wife to the hospital a little quicker?
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.