After the SARS-CoV virus threatened to spread across the world in 2003, the organizers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament took out a new insurance policy. That pandemic insurance reportedly cost the event a hefty $2 million per year over the last 17 years ($34 million in total). But the current SARS-CoV-2 virus has proven that gamble to be prescient. Wimbledon will receive $141 million after being forced to cancel this year’s grand slam event.
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