Agents, assets, risks, liabilities — it’s the language of insurance, and unless you’re Alan Greenspan, it probably sounds about as exciting as watching water evaporate. But while insurance does tend to revolve around standard phrases like “equity indexed annuity,” it also has its secret wild side. Sort of like Donald in accounting.
In fact, populated by rogues, celebrities, and aliens, and full of risks, glamour, and hot assets, the insurance world has its fair share of intrigue.
Specialty insurance
When it comes to insurance, practically anything (except for über-risk-bearing
And when it comes to the specialty market,
The list goes on and on and is (not surprisingly) skewed toward the rich and famous, so for this week, we narrowed it down to our 4 favorite over-the-top celebrity insurance policies.
1. Troy Polamalu’s locks
2. Ben Turpin’s crossed eyes
Unless you’re a trivia fanatic, almost 100, or both, you might not know about
3. Merv Hughes’ mustache
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4. Mariah Carey’s legs
Betty Grable may have been the first woman to insure her legs in the 1940s, but Mariah Carey has her outstepped. After winning Gillette’s “Legs of a Goddess” award in 2006, she reportedly took out a billion-dollar policy on her god-like gams. Carey neither confirmed nor denied the rumor, so this little tidbit is either insurance myth or insurance history. Either way, billion-dollar legs? Take that,
Tune in next week for more far-flung insurance tales involving the Loch Ness Monster, ET, rogue traders, and more.
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