Here's a name you might not have heard when it comes to some of the NBA's greatest ever. Hailing from Wilmington, Delaware, Walt Hazzard, is one of the NBA's earliest greats to ever lace up his sneakers and where the NBA logo on his lapel. Prior to being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1964 NBA Draft, Hazzard was a member of the UCLA Bruins basketball team where he would help the institution earn their first-ever NCAA National Championship. That same year in 1964, Hazzard was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
Throughout his NBA career, the athletic point guard played for a multitude of teams including the previously mentioned Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, Buffalo Braves, Golden State Warriors, and Seattle Supersonics where he earned NBA All-Star honors in 1968. Later, Hazzard went on to coach the UCLA Bruins throughout the '80s and recently lost his life at the tender age of just 69-years-old after suffering from complications from a stroke. Rest well, legend.
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.