OVERLAND
PARK, Kan., Aug. 15,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nothing ruins a weekend festival
faster than drenching rain, but what creates disappointment for
festival-goers can quickly result in financial disaster for
festival organizers.
Buskerfest, an annual celebration of street performing in
Lawrence, Kansas, recently faced
an uncertain weather forecast, worrying both festival organizers
and performers who make most of their money for the weekend from
tips from the audience.
Mat Ricardo, a world-renowned street performer sponsored at
Buskerfest by Vortex Insurance, came all the way from England to delight the audience in
Lawrence. A street performer for
more than 30 years, Ricardo is familiar with the havoc the weather
can play with a street festival.
"This is the nature of street performing," Ricardo says. "You
learn very quickly to not stress about the things you can't
control. And weather is the number one thing. I can spend literally
a whole day on planes to get here, arrive here feeling really
bummed out and tired and get myself together and if it rains, it's
like that was all for nothing. But you can't feel depressed about
that. Not my fault. It's not your fault."
It might not be anyone's fault, but it is a lost weekend of
revenue. The weather in Lawrence
turned out to be beautiful for Buskerfest, where Ricardo was able
to wow the crowd with his signature Extraordinary Gentleman act.
But if the rain had shown up, the event was insured by a weather
insurance policy from Vortex, which would have helped recover lost
revenues.
No matter the location, outdoor fair and festival organizers can
benefit from Vortex Weather Insurance to keep one bad weather
weekend from ending their ability to put on future events. And that
can keep performers like Mat Ricardo delighting fans for years to
come.
ABOUT VORTEX WEATHER INSURANCE:
Vortex Weather Insurance (dba Vortex Insurance Agency, LLC)
is a data-driven weather risk insurtech that offers businesses a
variety of affordable parametric weather index insurance products,
including supplemental hurricane insurance. Since 2008, Vortex has
provided insurance for outdoor events ranging from fairs and
festivals, motorsports, youth sports, parades, professional golf
tournaments and golf clubs to outdoor theaters and concerts,
haunted houses and holiday light events. Insurance is underwritten
by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance USA,
Inc. (MSU), admitted in all 50 states and has an AM Best rating of
A+ (Superior). Weather or not … Vortex it. Contact us at
vortexinsurance.com.
Media Contact:
Patrick Moree
Buffalo Groupe
832.294.4041
pmoree@buffalogroupe.com
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