With textbook Hollywood good looks and a series of leading roles in action movies, it seemed that Brendan Fraser couldn't put a foot wrong during the 1990s. 'The Mummy' and its sequels followed 'George of the Jungle,' and for a while, it looked like casting Fraser was the surest way of ensuring a box office smash when film studios went looking for a summer blockbuster. His time in the spotlight was short, though. Fraser still works in the movie business, but not on anything like the platform he once owned.
With less money coming in each year, the costs of a 2007 divorce began to hit home hard for Fraser. He'd been ordered to pay his ex-wife $900,000 per year, but after six years he had to go back to court and admit that he could no longer afford to maintain those payments, and requested that the agreement be revised to a lower amount.
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.