{"id":7962,"date":"2020-05-10T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=7962"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:32:09","slug":"funny-insurance-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/en\/funny-insurance-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Facts: Funny, Weird &#038; Unusual Edition!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>In this modern world, it would be rare indeed to find someone who has not purchased some form of insurance, whether it be for their car, home or health. But would you believe that it is possible to obtain insurance against alien abduction or death by&nbsp;excessive laughter&nbsp;at the cinema?&nbsp;Hopefully, these curious,&nbsp;weird and funny insurance facts will tickle your fancy.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-celebrities-insure-their-famous-talents-and-body-parts\"><strong>Celebrities insure their famous talents and body parts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Silent movie star&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Turpin\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Turpin<\/a>&nbsp;began the trend of&nbsp;insuring&nbsp;body parts in 1920 when he bought a $25,000 policy through&nbsp;Lloyd\u2019s of London&nbsp;in case his signature crossed eyes ever uncrossed. Then, as the trend continued, Betty Grable&#8217;s legs were insured (for USD 1 million each, in the 1940s) and the practice goes on to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Black-and-White-World-Facts-Education-Youtube-Video-Intro-1024x576.png\" alt=\"An insurance policy exists for death by excessive laughter at a movie theatre\" class=\"wp-image-7986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Black-and-White-World-Facts-Education-Youtube-Video-Intro-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Black-and-White-World-Facts-Education-Youtube-Video-Intro-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Black-and-White-World-Facts-Education-Youtube-Video-Intro-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Black-and-White-World-Facts-Education-Youtube-Video-Intro.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Heidi Klum, the German supermodel, insured her legs for $2.2 million. One of Heidi\u2019s legs insured for more than the other, a small scar being the determining factor.<\/li><li>Ugly Betty star America Ferrera had her teeth insured by her sponsor, Aquafresh, for $10,000,000&nbsp;<\/li><li>Hollywood star Julia Robert\u2019s dazzling smile has not escaped attention. Considered one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world, Julia insured her smile for $30,000,000.<\/li><li>Hiding behind teeth lies the tongue, and Gene Simmons, the bassist for 70\u2019s band, Kiss, once insured his for $1,000,000.<\/li><li>At the height of his career, football legend David Beckham insured his legs for $151,000,000. <\/li><li>And for the 2014 World Cup, Chinese insurer An Cheng offered \u201cheartbreak\u201d insurance for the fans whose teams exited the tournament early. Policies were available for the fans of Brazil, Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.<\/li><li>Daniel Craig, the British actor who played James Bond, insured his body for $7.7 million while filming his first appearance as 007 in the 2006 movie Casino Royale.<\/li><li>For the 2008 sequel, Quantum of Solace, his body was insured for $9.5 million. Craig likes to do his stunts, taking the view his fans are paying to see him.<\/li><li>Bruce Springsteen has insured his voice for $6,000,000.<\/li><li>Last but not least, famous movie director Steven Spielberg has the most expensive life insurance policy in the world at $1.2 billion.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/10-mistakes-to-avoid-when-buying-car-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more: Avoid Car Insurance Mistakes!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Get Best Insurance<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-starbucks-pays-more-for-its-employees-health-insurance-than-it-does-for-coffee\"><strong>Starbucks pays more for its employees&#8217; health insurance than it does for coffee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Starbucks&nbsp;CEO Howard Schultz once began a&nbsp;company-wide turnaround&nbsp;that included cutting costs by laying off employees and closing stores nationwide, most of which had been open for less than two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, even amid the cost-cutting Schultz refused to drop health care for his employees, which was more than the company spent on coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A shareholder called Schultz and said the crisis would provide&nbsp;him with&nbsp;the perfect cover to cut benefits for part-time employees, but Schultz refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/find-best-autorepair-uae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read more: Find Best Auto Repair in the UAE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Get Best Insurance<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-insurance-company-will-underwrite-jackie-chan-s-productions\"><strong>No insurance company will underwrite Jackie Chan&#8217;s productions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Craziest Jackie Chan Stunts That Almost Killed Him\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKRUYJarcEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong actor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackie_Chan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jackie Chan<\/a>, famous for his daredevil stunts,\u00a0personally trains his stuntmen and pays their medical bills out of his pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are so many safety and insurance rules to follow,\u201d Chan once said in an interview on his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackiechan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know that they want to make sure that I\u2019m safe when I do my stunts, but sometimes they insist that I use protective gear for even simple things, and that is frustrating. It takes so much time,\u201d Chan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chan said he feels less encumbered when making films in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Hong Kong, we just go ahead and do what we need to do. There is no safety captain on the set. I use my stunt team because they have the experience, and I trust them to make the action and stunts safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Get Best Insurance<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/used-car-insurance-in-the-uae-a-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read more: Used Car Insurance in the UAE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-astronauts-aboard-the-apollo-11-couldn-t-get-life-insurance\"><strong>Astronauts aboard the Apollo 11 couldn&#8217;t get life insurance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Apollo Astronauts were unable to qualify for life insurance and did not have insurance by NASA. So before their fateful flight, they resorted to \u2018insurance autographs\u2019, signing them just before launch. It was in the expectation that the value would skyrocket in the event of their deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Yellow-and-Purple-Illustrated-Cosmic-Welcome-Card-1024x727.png\" alt=\"It's possible to obtain insurance against alien abduction\" class=\"wp-image-8001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Yellow-and-Purple-Illustrated-Cosmic-Welcome-Card-1024x727.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Yellow-and-Purple-Illustrated-Cosmic-Welcome-Card-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Yellow-and-Purple-Illustrated-Cosmic-Welcome-Card-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Yellow-and-Purple-Illustrated-Cosmic-Welcome-Card-1536x1090.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Yellow-and-Purple-Illustrated-Cosmic-Welcome-Card.png 1747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-microsoft-wallpaper-was-too-valuable-to-insure\"><strong>This Microsoft wallpaper was too valuable to insure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The rolling green hills and blue sky featured as the background of every Microsoft computer (pictured below) is an actual photograph Microsoft purchased\u2014a photograph so valuable that the insurance to ship it was too high, so Microsoft paid to have it retrieved and delivered by hand instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/xp_background.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/xp_background.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/xp_background-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bliss_(image)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Bliss&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is one of the most popular Microsoft Windows backgrounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Get Best Insurance<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyanyinsurance.ae\/blog\/insurance-help-desk-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read more: Our Insurance Help Desk is Live!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bizarre-real-life-insurance-claims\"><strong>Bizarre real-life insurance claims<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Real (and really odd) excuses about car accidents made for insurance claims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Going to work at 7 am this morning I drove out of my drive straight into a bus. 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