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# April 12, 2016: Permanent Capital is the Best Capital, Peak Hurricane Forecasting and Finding a Wholistic Risk Model
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/april-12-2016-permanent-capital-best-capital-peak-hurricane-forecasting-finding-wholistic-risk-model/
- Published: 2016-04-12T07:02:03.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-12T07:02:03.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Hurricane Track Forecasting Could Plateau in a Few Years](http://realestate.heraldtribune.com/2016/03/22/hurricane-track-forecasting-could-plateau-in-a-few-years/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Herald Tribune](http://realestate.heraldtribune.com/2016/03/22/hurricane-track-forecasting-could-plateau-in-a-few-years/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Noted hurricane forecaster Chris Landsea says that in about 10 years, the science of forecasting could hit a plateau.

### [‘Godzilla’ El Niño is Dead](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/11/godzilla-el-nino-is-dead/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/11/godzilla-el-nino-is-dead/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

It was going to be an El Niño to end all El Niños.

### [A Zika Catastrophe Could Rival Hurricane Katrina](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/zika-katrina/477708/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/zika-katrina/477708/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Health officials warn that the mosquito-borne illness isn’t just a medical problem; it’s a socioeconomic one.

### [The Broader Impact](http://www.lehigh.edu/engineering/research/resolve/2016v1/fea-broader-impact.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Resolve Magazine ](http://www.lehigh.edu/engineering/research/resolve/2016v1/fea-broader-impact.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Resilient infrastructure strengthens the fabric of communities. It requires imagination, preparation, multifaceted contributions and long-range thinking.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

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### [Dan Loeb’s Hedge Fund Is Biggest Winner in Dan Loeb’s Reinsurer](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-12/dan-loeb-s-hedge-fund-is-biggest-winner-in-dan-loeb-s-reinsurer?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg ](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-12/dan-loeb-s-hedge-fund-is-biggest-winner-in-dan-loeb-s-reinsurer?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Stock pops or stock drops, there’s always been at least one winner when it comes to Daniel Loeb’s reinsurance company: Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund.

### [Using New Models and Big Data to Better Understand Financial Risk](http://news.mit.edu/2016/using-new-models-big-data-to-better-understand-financial-risk-0411?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [MIT News](http://news.mit.edu/2016/using-new-models-big-data-to-better-understand-financial-risk-0411?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.

### [Berkshire’s a Good Insurance Operator but a Bad Role Model](http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=748551&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Morningstar](http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=748551&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Markel’s ‘mini-Berkshire’ premium is unwarranted, and W.R. Berkley is a better choice.

### [Aspen Hires From Swiss Re, Generali for New Dubai Operation](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-11/aspen-hires-from-swiss-re-generali-for-dubai-risk-transfer-push?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-11/aspen-hires-from-swiss-re-generali-for-dubai-risk-transfer-push?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Aspen is looking to diversify risks and build operations in new markets after rebuffing a hostile takeover bid from Endurance.