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# December 14, 2016: Geography of Mortality, London Battles Bermuda for ILS,  Boston's 50 Year Flood Warning
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/december-14-2016-geography-mortality-london-battles-bermuda-ils-bostons-50-year-flood-warning/
- Published: 2016-12-14T06:38:58.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-14T06:38:58.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [How Americans Die May Depend On Where They Live](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-americans-die-may-depend-on-where-they-live/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FiveThirtyEight](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-americans-die-may-depend-on-where-they-live/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A new study also looked at how mortality from the 21 causes of death has changed over time, from 1980 through 2014.

### [Climate Change Brewing More Extreme Weather, Shifting Breaking Points](http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/climate-change-drives-extreme-precipitation-in-the-us/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/climate-change-drives-extreme-precipitation-in-the-us/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Simulation, observations show how extreme precipitation is affected by climate.

### [Boston Climate Change Report Paints Dire Portrait of 50-Year Forecast](http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local%5Fcoverage/2016/12/boston%5Fclimate%5Fchange%5Freport%5Fpaints%5Fdire%5Fportrait%5Fof%5F50%5Fyear%5Fforecast?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Boston Herald](http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local%5Fcoverage/2016/12/boston%5Fclimate%5Fchange%5Freport%5Fpaints%5Fdire%5Fportrait%5Fof%5F50%5Fyear%5Fforecast?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A major flood could affect more than 90,000 Bostonians and 12,000 buildings, causing $14 billion in damages.

### [Syrian Refugees Face New Obstacle: Turkish Earthquakes](http://phys.org/news/2016-12-syrian-refugees-obstacle-turkish-earthquakes.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2016-12-syrian-refugees-obstacle-turkish-earthquakes.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

More than 2.5 million Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey in the past five years now live in seismically active regions.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [London Outrun by Bermuda on Catastrophe Bonds](https://www.ft.com/content/ee4d7438-c07d-11e6-9bca-2b93a6856354?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Financial Times (sub may be required)](https://www.ft.com/content/ee4d7438-c07d-11e6-9bca-2b93a6856354?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Regulatory pace limits UK capital’s ambition for $70bn market.

### [China Regulator to Step Up Curbs on Insurers’ Stock Speculation](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-14/china-regulator-to-step-up-curbs-on-insurers-stock-speculation?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-14/china-regulator-to-step-up-curbs-on-insurers-stock-speculation?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

China’s top insurance official followed the nation’s securities authority in denouncing insurers’ leveraged buying spree in listed firms.

### [Lloyd’s of London Concerned for 2017 After Insurance Loss](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-lloyd-s-of-london-underwriting-idUKKBN142107?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-lloyd-s-of-london-underwriting-idUKKBN142107?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

To tackle the downturn in premium rates, insurers would need to review their business plans for 2017 and exert the same “underwriting discipline.”

### [Tampa’s Biggest Property Insurer Signals it Wants to Get Bigger](http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2016/12/13/tampa-s-biggest-property-insurer-signals-it-wants.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Tampa Bay Business Journal](http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2016/12/13/tampa-s-biggest-property-insurer-signals-it-wants.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A new financial deal lead by Fermat is the largest debt transaction for the Florida property insurance industry this year.