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Bad Bunny’s Backstage Hedge to Beat Bad Weather

Niche insurance helped the Puerto Rican mega-star safeguard against any potential losses caused by heavy rain at sold-out concerts in Colombia.
Bad Bunny performs at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellin, Colombia, on Jan. 23.Photographer: Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP/Getty Images
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Days before Bad Bunny’s three sold-out shows in Colombia earlier this year, the prospect of heavy rains threatened to turn the concert series into a multimillion-dollar washout.