Bad Bunny had a problem. Days before the Puerto Rican mega-star was set to perform in Colombia earlier this year, the possibility of heavy rains threatened to turn three sold-out shows in Medellin into multimillion-dollar losses. Solutions were few. Traditional event cancellation insurance is rarely available so close to a performance date. Even if a policy could be secured, geography posed anothe...
Bad Bunny had a problem. Days before the Puerto Rican mega-star was set to perform in Colombia earlier this year, the possibility of heavy rains threatened to turn three sold-out shows in Medellin into multimillion-dollar losses. Solutions were few. Traditional event cancellation insurance is rarely available so close to a performance date. Even if a policy could be secured, geography posed another challenge. The nearest official weather sensor sat a mile from the open-air venue — too far, in a tropical city with steep terrain and complex microclimates, to serve as a reliable trigger for a payout. So a transatlantic team of brokers, underwriters and meteorologists devised a workaround to save Bad Bunny from losses: They installed a temporary weather station inside the stadium, linked to a bespoke policy that would pay out if rainfall exceeded a set threshold. The ad hoc fix shows how concert, sports and live event organizers are rethinking their approach to nature’s unpredictability — and highlights how a specialized corner of the insurance market is evolving to meet that need. So-called parametric insurance, which doesn’t require proof of loss, has grown in recent years as extreme weather increasingly disrupts the global economy. Renewable energy companies use it to manage swings in wind and sunshine. Others rely on it to protect property and goods from cyclones and floods that disrupt supply chains. But preparing for a hyper-local weather event in a window of just a few hours — say, heavy rain during Formula 1 races — is uniquely challenging. The short time frame magnifies atmospheric volatility, making it difficult for insurers to accurately price risk. On-site weather stations can help address that, with the caveat that the narrower the window, the more granular the data must be. “The limiting factor that we have in this business is always data,” said Ralph Renner, head of origination at strategic risk advisor Parameter Climate. While Vaisala Oyj — the Finnish-l...
Here we go again. A hot new artificial intelligence (AI) crypto -- Venice (CRYPTO: VVV) -- has seemingly appeared out of nowhere, and is absolutely on fire right now. It's up 460% for the year, and now ranks among the top 100 cryptocurrencies in the world with a market cap of $430 million at the time of this writing. For crypto investors, Venice has become the hottest new way to play the AI invest...
Here we go again. A hot new artificial intelligence (AI) crypto -- Venice (CRYPTO: VVV) -- has seemingly appeared out of nowhere, and is absolutely on fire right now. It's up 460% for the year, and now ranks among the top 100 cryptocurrencies in the world with a market cap of $430 million at the time of this writing. For crypto investors, Venice has become the hottest new way to play the AI investment thesis in 2026. But does this crypto have any realistic chance to become a millionaire-maker over the long haul? Venice, the crypto token for Venice AI (a privacy-focused uncensored AI platform for chat, image generation, and code creation), soared to stratospheric heights as soon as it started trading in January 2025. Right out of the gate, Venice rallied from a price of $0.50 to a price of $22.45. Continue reading
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in new talks, state media reports, as it accuses US of violating ceasefire It was a chaotic weekend in the strait of Hormuz, as shipping restrictions were first lifted and then reimposed. According to Reuters , more than a dozen tankers, including three sanctioned vessels, passed through the Strait of ...
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in new talks, state media reports, as it accuses US of violating ceasefire It was a chaotic weekend in the strait of Hormuz, as shipping restrictions were first lifted and then reimposed. According to Reuters , more than a dozen tankers, including three sanctioned vessels, passed through the Strait of Hormuz after a 50-day blockade was lifted on Friday. Continue reading...