UNUSUAL INSURANCES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20088, 27 October 1928, Page 7 (Supplement)

UNUSUAL INSURANCES.

dimples, smiles and twins

Thero is no limit to the risks which somo insurance companies are prepared to insure against.' A recant case in in which a policy for £20,000 was taken out on a prize beauty's bowitching dimples, is only one of a few instances of personal charms being dealt with by underwriters. Miss Mabel Poulton, tho English film star, is stated to have insured her eyes for £30,000, while Mile. Mistinguett, the famous French actress, put the value of her legs at £IOO,OOO each. Miss Pearl White, of film renown, was granted a dimple policy of £13,160. and M Paderewski, the eminent pianist, insured his hands for £12,000. Even a perpetual smile was deemed insurable, Miss Fay Marbe, the American actress, taking out this form of policy for £50,000. It is recorded that Pavlova, the dancing artist, would rcceivo £6OOO if she seriously in jured one toe. "When there was a rumour that St Paul's Cathedral <vas unsafe, dwellers in the neighbourhood were able to take out special insurances against damage to their property. Tho birth of twins is a domestic contingency which can be covered by insurance.