The 2018 Winter Olympics bring in the usual risks associated with international sporting events.

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics A visitor poses for a photograph next to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games mascot, Soohorang, in front of Gangneung Station in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, South Korea (Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)

But this year, the location and political climate of the event's host country adds some risks to which insurers are not necessarily accustomed.

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