Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today
Asia Digs Deep to Upgrade its Agriculture
FT (sub may be required)
Whether by growing crops indoors or other means, Asia needs to boost yields and mitigate extreme weather.
NASA Launching 8 Small Satellites Monday to Improve Hurricane Forecasts
Space.com
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission will use radio signals from the GPS satellites to measure the wind speed near the ground in the tropics.
Schools Shut, Thousands Evacuated as Cyclone Bears Down on South India
Reuters
Cyclone Vardah is moving westwards over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to hit Chennai.
Polar Vortex Bringing Frigid Temperatures to Canada, U.S.
CBC
U.S. meteorologists have warned that December will deliver round after round of bitter cold to the majority of the United States.
Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today
Lloyd’s War Game for ‘New 9/11’
The Times (sub may be required)
Lloyd’s of London is to unveil the results of a war game that simulated a catastrophe on the scale of the 9/11 terror attack.
Oklahoma’s Earthquakes Draw Spectrum of Litigation, Including Class-Action Petitions
Tulsa World
Three of Oklahoma’s five largest earthquakes have spawned multiple class-action lawsuits, with a national environmental firm saying it’s considering filing at least one more.
EU Rivals eye £1.2tn Asset Pot in UK as Brexit Looms
FT (sub may be required)
Rival fund centres to the UK believe Britain’s status as the European asset management hub for pension and insurance cash is under pressure.
Louisiana Citizens Shifts 10K Insurance Policies to Private Companies
NOLA
With the latest transfer of policies, the insurance department says Citizens will have about 54,500 policies — down from 174,000 in 2008.
