14 Bizarre Insurance Policies You Won’t Believe

May 30, 2010 Posted in: Insurance News, Personal Lines Tags: , ,  0 Comments

Bizarre Insurance PoliciesCan you believe these are/were insured?

  1. Loch Ness monster: For its capture and delivery alive, $56,000.
  2. Abbott and Costello: Insurance against a dispute between them for a policy term of five years, $250,000.
  3. Fred Astaire’s Legs: The dancer’s legs were insured for $650,000.
  4. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was insured for $40 million.
  5. Betty Grable’s legs: They were insured for $250,000.
  6. Heidi Klum’s legs: The model’s right one, at $1.2 million, is insured for $200,000 more than her left because that leg bears a small scar.
  7. Thailand can be dangerous, so to encourage tourism, its government is offering insurance policies in case of a riot:  “Thailand is continuing to offer insurance coverage worth $10,000 to anyone harmed in riots and demonstrations.”
  8. America Ferrera’s teeth: Sponsor Aquafresh values the actress’ smile so much it took out a $10 million policy on her behalf.
  9. There’s actually over 20,000 people in the US alone who pay a premium for insurance against alien abduction. One can only imagine which counterparty that is.
  10. Tom Jones’ chest hair: A national treasure in Britain, we guess. But $7 million?
  11. During a promotion for a piece of the MIR Space station, Taco Bell said that if during re-entry the flying object hit a floating target the company had set up, everyone in the US would get a free taco. Without proper insurance, Taco Bell would go completely bankrupt if the unlikely event ever happened!
  12. n the 1920′s Ben Turpin, a silent movie star famous for his crossed eyes took out a $20,000 policy against uncrossing his eyes.
  13. Singer Jimmy Durante followed by taking out a $50,000 policy on his famous large nose.
  14. Bette Davis had a $28,000 policy against weight gain.

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