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The Lloyd's of London insurance market has insured the nose of a leading wine maker and taster for 5 million euros ($7.9 million), covering the Bordeaux producer against the loss of his nose and sense of smell.
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The Lloyd's of London insurance market has insured the nose of a leading wine maker and taster for 5 million euros ($7.9 million), covering the Bordeaux producer against the loss of his nose and sense of smell.
Lloyd's is famous for creating policies for giant corporations but also for insuring celebrity limbs, from Fred Astaire's legs to the hands of Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.
It said on Tuesday that Ilja Gort, the Dutch owner of Chateau de la Garde in Bordeaux, producer of Tulipe Wines, said his nose could distinguish millions of different scents and was essential to guarantee the quality of his wines.
"The nose and sense of smell of a winemaker are as important as the fingers of a chef," Jonathan Thomas, lead underwriter at Watkins Syndicate who co-insured the policy.
Lloyds worked with Allianz Nederland and British reinsurance broker Benfield to create the policy, co-insured by Watkins.
Gort's will not be the first nose insured by Lloyd's, which famously insured U.S. comedian Jimmy Durante's trademark. It also insures the taste buds of restaurateur Egon Ronay.
(Agencies)
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近日，倫敦“勞合社”為一位知名釀酒師兼品酒師的鼻子上了500萬歐元（合790萬美元）的保險，如這位波爾多釀酒師的鼻子受傷或喪失嗅覺即可獲得賠償。
勞合社在業內享有盛名，它不僅為大型集團設計保單，還能為名人身體的“重要部位”提供保險，弗萊德?亞斯坦（舞蹈家）的腿和滾石樂隊凱斯?理查茲的手就是他們的“保戶”。
該公司于本周二稱，波爾多麗嘉莊園主伊爾加?高特的鼻子能夠分辨上百萬種味道，這為他的葡萄酒品質提供了重要保障。“郁金香葡萄酒”就是這位荷蘭人釀造出來的。
這筆保險的共保人、沃特金斯“辛迪加”的首席保險人喬納森?托馬斯說：“釀酒師的鼻子和嗅覺與廚師的手指一樣重要。”
勞合社與荷蘭的安聯保險及英國的再保險經紀人本菲爾德合作，共同設計了這份保單，并由沃特金斯集團共同承保。
高特的鼻子并不是勞合社承保的第一個鼻子，此前，勞合社曾為美國喜劇演員吉米?杜蘭特的“招牌鼻子”上過保險。此外，該公司還為食評家艾戈?羅內的味蕾上過保險。
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（英語點津編輯）
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