By far, the most popular category for unique risks described to NU fell in the area of entertainment–with more than a dozen involving people engaged in strange hobbies or assembled as spectators at organized events.
The biggest celebratory event risk in the group, written by the E&S unit of Boston's largest insurer, was the Boston Pops July 4 concert of 2005, complete with fireworks.
A 30-year-old tradition, the event attracts 500,000 people, but its producers had a clean history with respect to insurance claims, according to Scott Bayer, senior vice president for Liberty International Underwriters, a New York unit of Liberty Mutual.
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