People are able to insure a montage of items anymore.  The rich insure their art and jewels.  Athletes and performers insure specific body parts.  Troy Polamalu of Pittsburg Steelers fame insured his flowing black tresses for a million.  Michael Flatey of Riverdance fame had his legs insured for forty million dollars.   The list goes on and on.

I’m one of those people who feel comfortable having insurance:  home, car, health.  I’ve learned the hard way (via a burglary) that specific insurance would have at least reimbursed me for the jewelry stolen.  A lesson hard learned and one I will protect against when I have good jewelry as opposed to the costume stuff I’ve been wearing.

There’s travel insurance that many buy.  I never have but there may come a time.  You can insure your golf game, your wedding, and in some countries, insurance against kidnapping and ransom.

I certainly don’t have anything bizarre to insure, yet I will admit to being surprised when my day job offered pet insurance.  I signed up for it.  It’s not costly and having it eases my mind.  The Pound Puppy and I walk, and I am concerned about people who don’t have control of a dog that can be vicious, and of drivers with their heads everywhere but on the road.

Will I use it?  Hopefully never, but it’s there just in case.

Hmm, wonder if I can insure my muse?

What about you?  Heard of any outlandish body part insured by a star?  Do you have rider insurance or extras that are beyond the old routine ones?