Bringing new meaning to the phrase 'silver-tongued,' professional coffee taster Gennaro Pelliccia recently made headlines because Costa Coffee took out an insurance policy on his talented tastebuds worth nearly $14 million.
Backed by Lloyd's of London, the policy is similar to those taken out on Betty Grable's legs, Jimmy Durante's nose and ballerina Vera Zorina's toes -- basically, if one of your appendages is making you and/or someone else a lot of money, they want to make sure that if anything happens to said appendage, they won't be up a creek. This policy, however, is one of the single biggest policies ever taken out on an individual, which goes to show just how essential Pelliccia's tongue is to how Costa does business.
We're assuming Gene Simmons is making an appointment with Lloyd's as we type.
