George Gervin is one of the greatest shooting guards to ever grace the professional basketball court and his amazing ability to stay sweat-free on the basketball court earned him with the nickname 'Iceman'. Gervin's signature finger roll became a household move that youth at the time tried to master but, couldn't quite achieve the style due to Gervin's ability to hit the shot from the free throw line. Gervin somehow slipped to the third round of the 1974 NBA Draft and was picked 40th overall by the Phoenix Suns.
Gervin eventually ended up on the San Antonio Spurs roster in 1974 where he would go on to average 25.1 points per game and earned twelve NBA All-Star honors throughout his entire career. Gervin also spent stints with the Chicago Bulls before officially retiring from the NBA but later went on to play basketball professionally in Europe and the now debunked Continental Basketball Association.
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.