Fact: I'm still waiting for a source that says insurance won't cover the contract... please post your source.
I don't think the info has been released either way.
Earlier in the summer there was a report that Loyd's of London would not cover the contract in Eichel's scenario with regards to ADR, but the source was not even sure if they were the insurance holder, as that info was all confidential.
Eklund repeated the speculation, but he was not the original source, and no, I am not quoting Eklund, for what that is worth. I will try to find the original tonight or tomorrow when I get some free time.
It does make a ton of sense though. The insurance is on the hook for 34 million of the 50 million owed as of last summer. There is not an insurance company in the world that is going to honor a contract like that if the procedure fails and it was deemed unsafe by the doctor that the insurance company has designated to oversee the contract.
So while speculation, it is more than likely that there is some insurance questions associated with the ADR procedure that likely would effect the policy going forward if it was done. I would imagine that before the procedure would be approved, there would be some added premiums required before it would be OKed, if at all.