Hammond not popular with insurers
Injury-prone 'Top Gear' host Richard Hammond has said he is struggling to get insurance for a skiing holiday.
The TV presenter has a long history of accidents - some of them associated with his job. Three years ago he was left fighting for his life after a crash as he drove a jet-powered dragster.
Speaking to Absolute Radio yesterday, he said his track record meant insurers were reluctant to take him on.
He said : "Running in the woods, I twisted my ankle so the holiday insurers say we can't insure you. It is always a tremendous moment - say the name Richard Hammond, long pause, 'any accidents in the last ...?' yes, all right, yes there have been."
He added: "I'm collecting rubbish ailments. I've had kidney stones, they're not very heroic. Athlete's foot, that's a puller. Hernia, oh yeah. Now I've twisted my ankle. None of them are the kind of things you lean on at parties."
