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# [Plexus Points: Insurance stories we're checking out](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/plexus-blog/news/plexus-points-insurance-stories-were-checking-out-11)

 Written by [Mike Wilkening](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/author/mike-wilkening) | Jul 1, 2016 3:14:06 PM

At The Plexus Groupe, we love a good story about insurance.  
 And as you enjoy your holiday weekend, here are five interesting insurance-related articles worth bookmarking, reading and sharing:

-- Former All-Star Bobby Bonilla hasn't played in a Major League Baseball game since 2001, yet he draws close to $1.2 million from the New York Mets each year on July 1 -- and the payments run through 2035. The reason:[**an annuity he received**](http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16650867/why-mets-pay-bobby-bonilla-119-million-today-every-july-1-2035) as part of a **[contract buyout in 2000](http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703426004575339013108198050)**.

-- Cleveland will spend $9.5 million on a **[$50 million insurance policy](http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2016/06/cleveland_quintuples_protest_i.html)** designed to protect the city against claims made during the Republican National Convention this July.

-- Uber is again operating in Edmonton after an **[insurance agreement was reached](http://globalnews.ca/news/2796217/uber-could-return-to-edmonton-after-province-unveils-ride-sharing-insurance-policy/)** between the ride-sharing service and the province of Alberta.

-- As of Friday, moped drivers in North Carolina must be carrying **[liability insurance](http://www.gastongazette.com/news/20160629/moped-drivers-need-insurance-this-week)**.

-- Here's a longer-range look at the**[London reinsurance market](http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2016/07/01/418844.htm)** after the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union.

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