Mount Vernon's Denzel Washington ins a bonafide legend of Hollywood. Acting was the furthest thing from his mind during his early life, though - his father was a Pentecostal minister, and when he was 14, he was sent to a military school to work on his discipline. He would later say that his mother's decision to send him there probably saved his life - he'd got in with 'the wrong' crowd during his early teens, and many of his peers are now either dead or in jail.
With his new-found discipline, Washington dedicated himself to the arts and has been handsomely rewarded. In the trophy cabinet which we presume he has at home, he has a Tony Award, two Golden Globes, and two Oscars, one of which is the 'Best Actor' award for 2001's 'Training Day.' He's shown a particular flair for playing real-life figures in biopic movies, including Malcolm X, Frank Lucas, Steve Biko, and Rubin Carter.
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.