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# April 22, 2016: An Ops Risk Catastrophe Bond and 100 Year Floods Per Week
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/april-22-2016-ops-risk-catastrophe-bond-100-year-floods-per-week/
- Published: 2016-04-22T07:42:33.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-22T07:42:33.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Preparing for the Big One](http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21697215-big-earthquakes-either-side-world-cause-concern-about-building?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Economist ](http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21697215-big-earthquakes-either-side-world-cause-concern-about-building?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Big earthquakes on either side of the world cause concern about building protection.

### [Surviving the 100-Year Flood Doesn’t Mean 99 Years of Safety](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-22/surviving-the-100-year-flood-doesn-t-mean-99-years-of-safety?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-22/surviving-the-100-year-flood-doesn-t-mean-99-years-of-safety?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Eleven months ago, Houston had a deadly flood. This week, the city had another.

### [New Maps Make Aftershocks Look Scarier Than the Main Quake](http://www.wired.com/2016/04/usgs-pager-earthquake-maps/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Wired](http://www.wired.com/2016/04/usgs-pager-earthquake-maps/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Smaller temblors are no easier to predict than major quakes.

### [Possible Tornado Outbreak Next Week: On Pros And Cons Of Increased Lead Time](http://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2016/04/21/possible-tornado-outbreak-next-week-on-pros-and-cons-of-increased-lead-time/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#1d49f5897e3b)

#### [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2016/04/21/possible-tornado-outbreak-next-week-on-pros-and-cons-of-increased-lead-time/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#1d49f5897e3b)

Is talking about a potential tornado outbreak a week in advance good or bad?

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

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### [Credit Suisse Said to Study Novel Bond Sale to Offload Bank Risk](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-22/credit-suisse-said-to-study-novel-bond-sale-to-offload-bank-risk?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-22/credit-suisse-said-to-study-novel-bond-sale-to-offload-bank-risk?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The bank has approached bond investors, hedge funds and asset managers in recent months with the design for an instrument akin to catastrophe bonds that would cover operational losses.

### [Why This Reinsurer Looks More Reliable in Tough Times](http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-one-reinsurers-payouts-look-more-reliable-1461251507?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-one-reinsurers-payouts-look-more-reliable-1461251507?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Munich Re has more capital and less risk, which could give it the edge over rival Swiss Re.

### [Avoiding Catastrophe](http://www.europeanpensions.net/ep/images/Cat%20bonds.pdf?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [European Pensions (direct to PDF)](http://www.europeanpensions.net/ep/images/Cat%20bonds.pdf?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Lynn Strongin Dodds explains the advantages of investing in catastrophe bonds and the overall outlook for the insurance-linked securities market in 2016.

### [Fannie Mae Shifts More Credit Risk to Insurers With Latest Deal](http://www.housingwire.com/articles/36862-fannie-mae-shifts-more-credit-risk-to-insurers-with-latest-deal?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Housing Wire](http://www.housingwire.com/articles/36862-fannie-mae-shifts-more-credit-risk-to-insurers-with-latest-deal?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Fannie Mae announced Thursday that it completed its latest effort to shift some of its credit risk away from the taxpayers and onto private insurers.