24. Some other body parts and people which have been insured by Lloyd’s
Until 2017, Lloyd’s insured the bodies of wrestlers, and before the company discontinued the practice professional wrestlers Ric Flair, Rick Rude, and Bret Hart, among others, were covered (in insurance terminology) by Lloyd’s. Betty Grable was not the only actress to insure her legs with the company, Mary Hart and Brooke Shields did likewise, as did singer Tina Turner. Jimmy Durante once insured his nose with Lloyd’s, though it was likely a publicity stunt inspired by a studio executive. Regardless, Lloyd’s wrote the policy, just as it did for American football player Troy Polamalu’s hair when he began appearing in commercials for an anti-dandruff shampoo.
In 1931 a young Canadian named Harvey Lowe bought a yo-yo, his first, and rapidly exhibited a talent with the toy. The following year he won the World Yo-Yo Contest, held at London’s Empire Theater. By 1934 Lowe had developed or mastered over 2,000 tricks with the yo-yo. He continued to yo-yo for the rest of his life, appearing in the 1960s with Tommy Smothers on the The Smothers Brother Comedy Hour. Eventually, he hosted a weekly radio show, Call of China, which was based on his own experiences while living there in the 1930s. At the height of his fame with the yo-yo, Lloyd’s insured his hands for $150,000.