Here's another police officer who just gets it. Homeless people are down on their luck enough already, but when they take up residence for the night on benches, or in doorways, or on the street, they can sometimes be asked to move along by shopkeepers, or the police if they're deemed to be causing a nuisance. When this homeless man saw an officer walking towards him, he'd probably already started picking up his bag to find somewhere else to lay down for the night. He was wrong.
All this officer wanted to do was bring him some all-weather boots and thermal socks to keep him warm on a very cold night in New York. The officer had seen the man was barefoot and decided to do something about it. He didn't have to, and he had nothing to gain from doing so, but he did it anyway, because he could, and it helped.
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.