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# January 5, 2015: Oklahoma Jumps, Florida Takes Out and La Nina Threatens
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/1883-2/
- Published: 2016-01-05T07:12:20.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-05T07:12:20.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Okla. Shaking Jumped 50% in 2015](http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060030038?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [EnergyWire](http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060030038?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The number of earthquakes in Oklahoma rose 50 percent last year, easily surpassing the record number that hit the state in 2014.

### [El Nino’s Peak Has Weather Forecaster Warning of La Nina](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-05/el-nino-peak-has-weather-forecaster-warning-of-possible-la-nina?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-05/el-nino-peak-has-weather-forecaster-warning-of-possible-la-nina?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Forecasters are predicting what may be next for the world’s climate.

### [Antarctic Clouds Studied for First Time in Five Decades](http://www.nature.com/news/antarctic-clouds-studied-for-first-time-in-five-decades-1.19110?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/antarctic-clouds-studied-for-first-time-in-five-decades-1.19110?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

AWARE project will help unravel effects of global warming.

### [Don’t Trust an Internet Snowstorm Forecast More Than a Week Into the Future](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/04/dont-trust-an-internet-snowstorm-forecast-more-than-a-week-into-the-future/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/04/dont-trust-an-internet-snowstorm-forecast-more-than-a-week-into-the-future/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Snowfall forecasts more than a week into the future (and sometimes less) are simply not reliable. No person and no model has proven otherwise.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [China Insurance Investment Set Up to Serve Beijing’s Strategic Goals in Ports, Other Projects](http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1898157/china-insurance-investment-set-serve-beijings-strategic-goals?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [South China Morning Post](http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1898157/china-insurance-investment-set-serve-beijings-strategic-goals?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scores of Chinese insurance companies and insurance premium managers establish direct investment vehicle through its maiden fund.

### [State Approves Removal of 71,500 Citizens Insurance Policies](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-citizens-takeouts-approved-20160104-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sun Sentinel](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-citizens-takeouts-approved-20160104-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Heritage Property & Casualty and Southern Oak Insurance Co. were approved to take out a majority of the policies.

### [PwC Says Economic Impact from December’s UK Storms Could top $4 Billion](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-floods-pwc-idUKKBN0UI11R20160104?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-floods-pwc-idUKKBN0UI11R20160104?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Losses could climb further, with scores of flood alerts still in place.

### [Cybersecurity Insurance Explosion Poses Challenges](http://www.bna.com/cybersecurity-insurance-explosion-n57982065668/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg BNA](http://www.bna.com/cybersecurity-insurance-explosion-n57982065668/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Cybersecurity insurers may see premiums gross income rise by 300 percent or more in the next five years, even as the product’s pricing and composition continue to evolve.