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# January 18, 2016: Insurers Warm Up to Climate Deal and India Can't Get Its Chinese Weather Radar Started
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/1904-2/
- Published: 2016-01-18T07:36:20.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-18T07:37:09.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Next Week, But Also Major Question Marks](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/17/potential-for-major-winter-storm-late-next-week-but-also-major-question-marks/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/17/potential-for-major-winter-storm-late-next-week-but-also-major-question-marks/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Forecast models have converged on the idea that a significant storm will impact the Mid-Atlantic between next Thursday night and Sunday.

### [Two Dead as Tornadoes Slam Florida](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/17/at-least-one-dead-as-storms-tornadoes-slam-southwest-florida/78929310/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/17/at-least-one-dead-as-storms-tornadoes-slam-southwest-florida/78929310/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The EF2-rated tornado, or “strong” twister, ripped a 300-foot-wide swath of destruction along a nine-mile stretch of the county.

### [What Is A Meteorological Tsunami And Did A City In The United States Just Experience One?](http://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2016/01/17/what-is-a-meteorological-tsunami-and-did-a-city-in-the-united-states-just-experience-one/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#2715e4857a0b4a51490e2bd0)

#### [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2016/01/17/what-is-a-meteorological-tsunami-and-did-a-city-in-the-united-states-just-experience-one/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#2715e4857a0b4a51490e2bd0)

Have you heard of a meteorological tsunami or “meteotsunami?” It appears one happened this weekend in Naples, Florida.

### [No Signs of Met Doppler Weather Radar Becoming Functional Again](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-signs-of-Met-doppler-weather-radar-becoming-functional-again/articleshow/50617964.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Times of India](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/No-signs-of-Met-doppler-weather-radar-becoming-functional-again/articleshow/50617964.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The Indian Meteorological Department purchased the radar from China, but in absence of any annual maintenance contract there are very little chances that IMD can also claim any services.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Post-Paris Climate Deal, Insurers Eye New Business](http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/assessing-risk%5Fpost-paris-climate-deal--insurers-eye-new-business/41891934?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Swissinfo.ch](http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/assessing-risk%5Fpost-paris-climate-deal--insurers-eye-new-business/41891934?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

One month after the Paris climate accord, the insurance business is expected to play an increasing role in dealing with the effects of a warming world.

### [Hiscox: the Art of Risk](http://www.director.co.uk/14550-2-the-art-of-risk/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Director](http://www.director.co.uk/14550-2-the-art-of-risk/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Steve Langan – managing director for UK and Europe – explains how “Goldilocks weather” and “advancing to the sound of gunfire” steers the business along.

### [A $15bn Insurance Expert Swaps Goldman Sachs for JP Morgan](http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2016-01-15/nick-malangone-swaps-goldman-sachs-for-jp-morgan?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Financial News](http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2016-01-15/nick-malangone-swaps-goldman-sachs-for-jp-morgan?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

An insurance specialist who helped manage $15 billion at Goldman Sachs Asset Management has joined rival JP Morgan as the world’s biggest investment houses battle it out for new insurer business.

### [Japan to Retain Sovereign Insurance to Ship Iranian Oil -Sources](http://uk.reuters.com/article/iran-nuclear-oil-japan-idUKL3N152158?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/iran-nuclear-oil-japan-idUKL3N152158?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Japanese buyers of Iranian crude will have to keep using special sovereign shipping insurance to import oil for the foreseeable future, despite the lifting of sanctions against Tehran.