Terrell Suggs is yet another one of those immortal entities of this current generation of players that demand a lot of attention on the football field. At 36-years-old, Suggs is proving that he still has something left in the tank and something to offer to a football franchise looking to succeed. Terrell Suggs attended his home state college of Arizona State University from 2000-2002 where he played defensive end and set a single-season record for sacks his junior year with a total of 24 sacks. That same season, Suggs was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and unanimous first-team All-American.
Suggs was drafted 10th overall in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens where he played the majority of his career. His rookie season, Suggs was selected Rookie of the Year in 2003, named Defensive Player of the Year in 2011, named a 7x Pro Bowler, and helped the Ravens secure a Super Bowl victory in 2012 over the San Francisco 49ers (Super Bowl XLVII). In sixteen seasons with the Ravens, Suggs accumulated $105.2 in contracts and $7 million for one season with the Arizona Cardinals who he is currently playing for.
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.