In the 21st century, Billy Corgan is more closely associated with the carnival world of professional wrestling than he is with music. Preferring to go by his full first name of 'William,' he's been a minority owner of Impact Wrestling, and now owns the legendary National Wrestling Alliance brand, which was once home to Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes during the golden wrestling era of the 1980s. Before any of that, though, Corgan was the frontman and focus of the Smashing Pumpkins.
The Pumpkins have somewhat soured their legacy in recent years by splitting up and reforming multiple times after assuring fans they were finished for good, but in their prime, nobody made more popular or relatable emotive rock music. From the fury and angst of 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' so the wistful simplicity of 'Perfect,' they were another band that will have been the soundtrack to many of our readers' teenage years.
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.