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# August 19, 2016: Japan's Catastrophe Bond Craze, Napa's Quake Creep and IAG Will Buffett Downturn
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/august-19-2016-japans-catastrophe-bond-craze-napas-quake-creep-iag-will-buffett-downturn/
- Published: 2016-08-19T08:44:46.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-19T08:44:46.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Fighting Fire With Fire](http://www.takepart.com/feature/2016/08/19/prescribed-fire?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [TakePart](http://www.takepart.com/feature/2016/08/19/prescribed-fire?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

America’s most progressive forest management program may be the solution to the wildfire crisis. So why isn’t it being replicated?

### [2014 Napa Earthquake Continued to Creep, Weeks After Main Shock](http://news.mit.edu/2016/2014-napa-earthquake-seismic-creep-0819?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [MIT News](http://news.mit.edu/2016/2014-napa-earthquake-seismic-creep-0819?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Continuing seismic activity could pose additional hazards to infrastructure.

### [Typhoon Dianmu Hits Southern China](http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/18/c%5F135612276.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Xinhua](http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/18/c%5F135612276.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

This year’s eighth typhoon landed in Dongli Township in the city of Leizhou.

### [Extreme Floods May Be the New Normal](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/extreme-floods-may-be-the-new-normal/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Scientific American](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/extreme-floods-may-be-the-new-normal/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Communities should plan defenses and emergency responses based on the climate of the future, not the past.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [More Japanese Investors Are Piling Into Catastrophe Bonds](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-18/hurricanes-worth-the-risk-as-yields-vanish-for-japan-s-investors?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-18/hurricanes-worth-the-risk-as-yields-vanish-for-japan-s-investors?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Japan’s bond investors are so desperate for yield that more and more of them into hurricanes and earthquakes.

### [China to Be World’s Second Largest Insurance Market](http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/08/18/4201s937875.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [China Daily](http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/08/18/4201s937875.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

China is likely to surpass Japan as the world’s second largest insurance market this year, boosted by the surging demand from the ever-growing middle class.

### [Government Financial Help for Louisiana Flood Victims Limited](http://www.wsj.com/articles/government-financial-help-for-louisiana-flood-victims-limited-1471545072?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/government-financial-help-for-louisiana-flood-victims-limited-1471545072?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Many area residents lack flood insurance.

### [IAG Warns of Tough Conditions Ahead as Investment Income Weighs on Profit](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/iag-warns-of-tough-conditions-ahead-as-investment-income-weighs-on-profit/news-story/b3d7b3e9b451e569fe19f179e980504e?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Australian](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/iag-warns-of-tough-conditions-ahead-as-investment-income-weighs-on-profit/news-story/b3d7b3e9b451e569fe19f179e980504e?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

IAG said the quote-share deal with Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway will continue to support its underlying insurance margin.