Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today
Myanmar Earthquake Causes Only Minor Damage, Officials Say
ABC News
Myanmar appears to have escaped with only minor damage to buildings after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattled its remote north and neighbouring countries.
Zika May Be Scary, But a Yellow Fever Outbreak Is Underway and It’s Far More Deadly
MIT Technology News
Yellow fever has already killed hundreds in two African countries, and health officials fear it could spread further.
How to Achieve Flood Resilience? Embrace Innovation
Devex
Floods are now causing more economic, social and humanitarian losses worldwide than any other type of natural hazard.
A New Look at the Eye of the Hurricane
Phys.org
NASA’s Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel is the first time that NASA tested the use of drones to collect hurricane data.
Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today
Swiss Re, Legal & General Set to Bid for Deutsche’s Abbey Life – Sources
Reuters
Deutsche Bank has been considering options for Abbey Life adding that a new regulation was making the business unattractive.
Bullets, Secret Tapes and Bribery Claim in Suit Against Italians
Bloomberg
For one insurer doing business in Italy, which ranked the worst of any Eurozone member in Transparency International’s 2015 corruption index, is not for the faint-of-heart.
How London Can Turn the Cyber-Attack Onslaught into an Opportunity
City AM
Whether it be the spectre of terror attack or catastrophic flood, reinsurance pools across the globe have historically been developed to handle the kind of risk judged too great for the insurance industry to bear alone.
After Hailstorm Comes a Flood of Damage Claims
San Antonio News Express
USAA received about 15,000 auto claims and 7,500 property claims at midday Wednesday.
