Connecticut was a toss-up between the OG, Floyd Little, and defensive end Dwight Freeney. While Little is a 5x NFL Pro Bowler and Football Hall of Fame inductee, Freeney has a longer list of notable accolades. Ironically, both Little and Freeney attended Syracuse for their collegiate football stints. Freeney was drafted eleventh overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2002 NFL Draft and a fifteen-year career flooded with accomplishments many NFL alumni never got the opportunity to experience.
First and foremost, Freeney is a Super Bowl Champion as a member of the Colts team who defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. In regards to his personal accomplishments, Freeney has notched seven Pro Bowl nods, three All-Pro First Team selections (2004, 2005, 2009), and named the 2004 NFL sack leader. With 332 tackles and 125.5 sacks, Freeney could be on his way to becoming a Hall of Famer himself.
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.