There are few NBA players that could match the poise that Chauncey Billups contained when the lights were shining bright, the crowd was going wild, and the pressure was on. This is why he holds the title of Colorado's best-born basketball player beating out Joe Kleine, Derrick Martin, and Jason Smith. At 6'3 Billups would take command on the court leading teams like the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and Denver Nuggets into playoff berths.
With a career average of 15.2 points per game, Chauncey wasn't necessarily known for getting buckets but his reputation for hitting much-needed baskets earned him the moniker of 'Mr. Big Shot.' Not to mention he also led a Detroit Pistons team to an NBA Championship beating out a stacked Lakers team that featured Shaq, Kobe, Gary Payton, and Karl Malone. If you want to become a complete all-around great and calculated basketball player, contact Chauncey Billups as soon as possible.
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.