Have you read about the banned TV commercials featuring shirtless rock star Iggy Pop for Swiftcover, an online insurance service?In the banned TV commercials Swiftcover the pop star laughed and gyrated before the words "car insurance" and "policy" were shown on screen and he said: "I got it Swiftcovered. I got insurance on my insurance."
According to the Advertising Standards Authority(ASA) said that not only does Iggy Pop not have a Swiftcover account, but rock stars could not take out a car insurance policy with the firm. So ASA banned the TV commercial for being misleading.
But the owner of Swiftcover defended that they made no reference to Iggy Pop's profession in the banned ad and had selected him because of his reputation for living life to the full and not because of his job. Iggy Pop is merely a talent promoting the benefits of their car insurance, as if he were a Swiftcover customer in the banned TV commercials. [source]
Watch the wild and wacky Iggy Pop fooling around in this banned TV commercial for Swiftcover:
