according to the website Agency Checklists.In order to collect on those insurance policies, both governing bodies had to cancel their events by a certain date in the spring, which is why they both pulled the plug on their signature events in April.Back in 2003 when the SARS public health crisis was in existence, the AELTC decided that Wimbledon should have an insurance policy that included a pandemic provision in it, which reportedly cost roughly $2 million over those 17 years.For anybody laughing at why Wimbledon had such a provision -- just know that they weren’t laughing in April when the insurance policy reportedly paid out more than $177 million.That still is roughly half the estimated $356 million in revenue the tournament generates.