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# April 28, 2016: Protesters Focus on Buffett's Insurers, a French Quake and Europe's Securitization Stall
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/april-28-2016-protesters-focus-buffetts-insurers-french-quake-europes-securitization-stall/
- Published: 2016-04-28T07:10:27.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-28T07:10:27.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Looking Back at a One-Off Attempt at Earthquake Control](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.2036?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Physics Today](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.2036?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists once envisioned triggering minor earthquakes to stave off a devastating one. Today induced quakes endanger millions of Americans.

### [France Hit by Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake on Atlantic Coast](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-28/france-s-western-rochefort-area-hit-by-level-five-earthquake?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-28/france-s-western-rochefort-area-hit-by-level-five-earthquake?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

It was the largest to be registered on the country’s mainland in two years.

### [After Fanfare, Forecasters Review Talk of Storm ‘Outbreak’](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fanfare-forecasters-review-talk-storm-outbreak-38726368?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [AP](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fanfare-forecasters-review-talk-storm-outbreak-38726368?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Forecasters will review whether the messages they sent were appropriate for severe weather that some considered a “bust” because the tornadoes that did develop were small.

### [Colette Heald: There’s Something In the Air](http://news.mit.edu/2016/faculty-profile-colette-heald-0428?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [MIT News](http://news.mit.edu/2016/faculty-profile-colette-heald-0428?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Chemist studies atmospheric gases and particles, and how they affect air quality and climate.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Europe’s Securitisation Industry’s Sales at Lowest for 5 Years](https://next.ft.com/content/43556d46-0c7e-11e6-b0f1-61f222853ff3?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](https://next.ft.com/content/43556d46-0c7e-11e6-b0f1-61f222853ff3?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Securitisation was once a booming industry in Europe but has struggled since the financial crisis.

### [Protesters Have a Long History of Crashing Buffett’s Annual Party](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-28/protesters-have-a-long-history-of-crashing-buffett-s-annual-party?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-28/protesters-have-a-long-history-of-crashing-buffett-s-annual-party?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The Nebraska Peace Foundation has called on Berkshire to disclose how climate change will affect insurance subsidiaries and plans to demonstrate outside the meeting Saturday.

### [Zurich Insurance Moves Into Takaful with Malaysia Buy](http://www.reuters.com/article/zurich-ins-group-takaful-idUSL5N17V07C?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/zurich-ins-group-takaful-idUSL5N17V07C?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Europe’s fifth-biggest insurer will get a foothold in the world’s second largest Islamic insurance market.

### [Disasters Threaten Manila’s Economy](http://thestandard.com.ph/business/204448/disasters-threaten-manila-s-economy.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Standard](http://thestandard.com.ph/business/204448/disasters-threaten-manila-s-economy.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Manila’s economic exposure to natural threats is the highest in the world in terms of the share in gross domestic product, according to London-based insurance specialist Lloyd’s.