Media reports have linked celebrities to insurance on legs, hands, voices and other body parts—but the stories do not all describe confirmed policies, and the celebrity is not always the person or company that arranged the cover. The ten names below come from a 2014 Sky News roundup, so they are reported claims and intentions, not a current register of active policies.
What “insuring a body part” means in these reports
These stories generally frame cover as protection for a person’s ability to earn or for a promotional campaign—not as proof that a body part has a literal standalone market price. The amount quoted in a headline may be reported, disputed or tied to a one-off campaign. It should not be read as a verified contract value or as evidence that a policy remains active.
Responsibility also matters: the person whose body part is covered may not have personally bought the policy. For example, the South China Morning Post reported that a dental-products company insured America Ferrera’s smile for US$10 million as part of a US charity campaign (South China Morning Post, 2007). Vanity Fair later reported Heidi Klum’s explanation that a client insured her legs; Klum said in 2017 that one was insured for $1 million and the other for $1.2 million (Vanity Fair, 2022).
The 10 celebrities in the 2014 roundup
Sky News published the list on 26 November 2014. Its wording varies—“said to have,” “believed,” “reported,” and “hoped” do not establish the same level of certainty. The figures below retain the currencies and context reported there; none is independently verified here as an active policy.
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| Celebrity | Body part | Reported amount and context | What the report establishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Legs | £90 million total, described as £45 million per leg; Real Madrid reportedly protected them in 2013. | Sky News reports club-arranged protection; it does not establish that Ronaldo personally purchased it or that it remains active. |
| Jennifer Lopez | Buttocks | Reports cited by Sky News put the amount as high as £180 million. | “Said to have” insured; the amount is an unverified report. The Irish Independent reported that experts in body-part insurance dismissed a separate $1 billion claim about Lopez (Irish Independent, 2008). |
| Keith Richards | Hands | £2 million. | Sky News says he was “believed to have once insured” them. It attributes to his 2002 Fortune interview the line, “You’re talking to the business right now.” |
| Dolly Parton | Breasts | $600,000, reportedly in the early 1970s. | A reported policy; Sky News does not identify who arranged it. |
| Charlie Chaplin | Feet | £100,000. | “Said to have” insured them; the roundup does not give a policy date. |
| Julia Roberts | Smile | £19 million. | “Is said to be insured”; no policy date or purchaser is identified. |
| Bruce Springsteen | Voice | £4 million, reportedly in the 1980s. | “Reported to have” bought a policy; not independently confirmed. |
| Mariah Carey | Legs | $1 billion, linked to Gillette’s 2006 “Legs Of A Goddess” campaign. | A campaign-linked figure reported by Sky News, not an authenticated contract value. |
| Daniel Craig | Body | £6 million, reportedly connected with stunt work on Quantum of Solace. | “Reportedly insured”; the roundup does not verify the policy terms or purchaser. |
| Joey Essex | Hair | He hoped to underwrite it for £1 million after launching a hair-care range. | An expressed intention, not evidence that a policy was completed. |
All ten entries and their qualifications derive from the Sky News roundup. Its list is a dated collection of media reports, not a set of verified contracts. In particular, the Lopez amount should not be merged with the separate $1 billion figure discussed by the Irish Independent: neither figure is established as an authenticated policy value.
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How to read the eye-catching amounts
- Keep the source and date attached. The reported £90 million for Ronaldo is framed as Real Madrid’s 2013 protection; Carey’s $1 billion figure is tied to a 2006 campaign. They are not directly comparable.
- Distinguish policy from publicity and intention. A report that someone “hoped” to insure something, or a campaign-linked figure, is not the same evidence as a confirmed policy document.
- Ask who arranged the cover. Reports about Ferrera and Klum specifically identify a company or client, rather than suggesting the celebrity necessarily bought the policy.
- Do not infer present-day coverage. The cited roundup dates to 2014 and does not establish whether any policy is still in force.
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