Lakers Score With Judge in COVID-19 Insurance Damages Lawsuit
This week saw the Los Angeles Lakers tumble to 11th place in the Western Conference, putting themselves at real risk of missing the playoffs. Amid those struggles on the…
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NCAA NIL Offers New Challenges, Opportunities for Disability Insurance
Today’s guest columnist is risk-management consultant David Brookbank. I’ve been advising college athletic departments for many years in the areas of risk management…
Big East’s Big Insurance Payday Offsets Pandemic Losses
Two years into the pandemic, the Big East received its second insurance payout—this time collecting $4.5 million for the nearly fan-less 2021 men’s basketball tournament…
NCAA Hits Record Revenue as Pandemic-Related Insurance Dries Up
The NCAA posted record revenue in fiscal 2021, as college sports’ governing body bounced back from a year gutted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA reported $1.16…
Ticketing Insurance Offers Safeguard for Fans, May Be Coming to City Near You
The sports calendar has been in flux since the omicron variant was discovered in late November. Hundreds of college sporting events (including five bowl games) were…
Minor League Clubs Strike Out Again in COVID Insurance Appeal
Last Friday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Chattanooga Lookouts and 18 other…
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Olympics Insurance Costs to Skyrocket After Tokyo Near-Miss
Insurers dodged a multi-billion-dollar loss on the Tokyo Olympics. But the hundreds of millions of dollars they still expect to lose, along with the fact that COVID-19…
NCAA v. Alston Ruling Refuels Athlete Insurance Market
While the practical consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision in NCAA v. Alston will likely remain unsettled for months, those involved in the business of insuring…
Outcast Athlete Insurer Addresses Industry Exit, Pans Critics
Chris Larcheveque says he is happy to no longer be selling disability insurance to athletes, describing the business as “dirty.” In a series of stories published last…
Lost LOV (Part 3): A Search for Honest Brokers in the Conflicted Biz of College Athlete Insurance
The massive contraction in the loss-of-value insurance market for college athletes has created a thriving economy for assigning blame. As Sportico has reported this…
Lost LOV (Part 2): An Insurer Takes Flak Over the College Athlete Coverage Bubble
On Dec. 31, Exceptional Risk Advisers, a New Jersey-based wholesale insurance broker, announced it had acquired the assets of a former competitor, International…
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Lost LOV: A Once-Bustling Market for College-Athlete Insurance Falls on Hard Times
At a watershed moment for college athlete earning potential, the insurance industry is reducing access to a once-popular product designed to protect the future income of…
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