Football fever: insurers’ headache?

By Simon Cooper and David Abbott, Reinsurance and International Risk team, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert

Whatever disappointments the recent World Cup may have brought, football is possibly more popular than ever. With this, of course, comes opportunity. The money to be made by the clubs, media and the players has escalated at an incredible rate. As the stakes get higher an increasing number of conflicts appear and the threat of financial loss becomes even greater. This can lead to disputes and mean that people turn to the insurance market to manage their risk.