Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - Serbia Arrival - Khrabrovo International Airport, Kaliningrad Region, Russia - June 11, 2018. A law enforcement officer stands guard near a bus of the team. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar
LONDON (Reuters) - The risk of terror attacks and damage from hooligans has pushed up premiums for businesses and players buying insurance for the soccer World Cup in Russia compared to the previous event in Brazil, brokers and insurers say.
The insured value of the event is over $10 billion, they estimate. Premiums against terror attacks are around 10 percent higher than the last World Cup in 2014 or previous World Cups.
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