A builder may insure his tools, but if your body is the tool of your trade then why not insure that too? Betty Grable famously had her fabulous legs insured for $1million each. Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley also followed in her footsteps, covering his pins for £25million. And the curvaceous Jennifer Lopez has her own bum insured for a princely $1billion.
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The famous comedian may have had dodgy-looking teeth but he saw fit to insure his pearlies for just over £4million!
Food critic Egon Ronay realised that without his taste buds he would be nothing and consequently insured them for £250,000. Many other chefs and professional tasters have jumped on the bandwagon including Costa Coffee's chief coffee taster's tongue - covered for up to £10million.
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The Australian national cricketer Merv Hughes has a fantastic moustache that would put any walrus to shame. And to protect it in case anything untoward should happen to it, he had it insured for £200,000.
Speaking of hair, Welsh singer Tom Jones reportedly insured his chest hair for £4million.
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The Basset hound with the world's longest ears is one Mr Jeffries whose 29.2cm assets are insured for £30,000. Mr Jeffries comes from an esteemed line of canines - his grandfather was Biggles, the face of Hush Puppies shoes.
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Once upon a time a cigar was created. It took 315 hours to make and used 15,903 full tobacco leaves. At the time it was the longest cigar in the world at 12 and a half feet long. This merited it being insured against damage. Sadly, today it has been far exceeded by longer cigars. The current world record holder is some 148 feet long - no doubt the insurance premiums are bigger too.
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A group of Scottish football fans have insured their mental health for £1million, in case England wins the World Cup. Which just goes to show that it is possible to take the beautiful game a little too seriously.
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One person's pride and joy was a guitar. However, this was not just any guitar, it was carved from a pumpkin. As wonderful a creation as that sounds, you perhaps won't be surprised to learn the insurance claim was rejected.
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The whiskey company Cutty Sark once offered a prize of £900,000 for the capture of the Loch Ness monster. Despite there being little evidence of the monster's existence, the company worried that someone might actually rise to their challenge and so they took out insurance against the prize, just in case.
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Well if it can happen once... three fifty-something women were evidently concerned that it could indeed happen again - to themselves. They insured their virginity against immaculate conceptions by god. Should the miracle have occurred they stood to gain around £1million.
The policy was cancelled after the Church objected.
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Trust no one. That's what the X Files taught us, but perhaps you can trust your insurance company since they are willing to cover you in case of alien abduction. They have been known to offer policies from around £6million, depending on how many times you have been abducted. Apparently, one UK company has already paid out, which begs the question, what did they accept as proof of the incident?
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