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# December 30, 2015: Measuring New Conflicts, Following the Bermuda Hedge Fund High and a Five Rivers Flood
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/december-30-2015-measuring-new-conflicts-following-the-bermuda-hedge-fund-high-and-a-five-rivers-flood/
- Published: 2015-12-30T10:10:36.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-30T10:10:36.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Brave New War](http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/12/war-2015-china-russia-isis/422085/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/12/war-2015-china-russia-isis/422085/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A new form of conflict emerged in 2015—from the Islamic State to the South China Sea.

### [Extreme Weather Forecast for 2016](http://www.wsj.com/video/extreme-weather-forecast-for-2016/9F232FDD-B94D-4345-9053-C2A44E3D794B.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (Video)](http://www.wsj.com/video/extreme-weather-forecast-for-2016/9F232FDD-B94D-4345-9053-C2A44E3D794B.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

WeatherBell Analytics’ Joe Bastardi explains whether more typical wintry weather is likely to take hold in 2016.

### [Study: Flu Virus in Pigs Shows Worrisome Pandemic Profile](http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/12/study-flu-virus-pigs-shows-worrisome-pandemic-profile?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy](http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/12/study-flu-virus-pigs-shows-worrisome-pandemic-profile?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Tests on the most common type of influenza found in Chinese pigs reveal that it has the potential to transmit easily in humans, posing a pandemic threat similar to the virus that triggered a pandemic in 2009.

### [The Floods of Five Rivers Heading for the U.S. Industrial South](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-30/the-floods-of-five-rivers-heading-for-the-u-s-industrial-south?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-30/the-floods-of-five-rivers-heading-for-the-u-s-industrial-south?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the Missouri.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/business/economy/for-the-wealthiest-private-tax-system-saves-them-billions.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/business/economy/for-the-wealthiest-private-tax-system-saves-them-billions.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Bermuda-based reinsurers allow hedge fund managers to convert one type of income into another type that’s taxed at a lower rate.

### [Insurers Face Bumper Payouts as Britain Braces for More Floods](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-floods-insurance-idUKKBN0UC1AW20151230?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-floods-insurance-idUKKBN0UC1AW20151230?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurers are facing some of the costliest British floods on record as large parts of northern England, already inundated, brace for more heavy rain.

### [Cargill Selling Crop Insurance Agency to Silveus Insurance Group](http://www.startribune.com/cargill-selling-crop-insurance-agency-to-silveus-insurance-group/363755801/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Minneapolis Star Tribune](http://www.startribune.com/cargill-selling-crop-insurance-agency-to-silveus-insurance-group/363755801/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The deal marks the end of a year filled with several transactions.

### [Winners and Losers of the Insurance Race in 2015](http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/winners-and-losers-of-the-insurance-race-in-2015-20151215-glnynh.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sydney Morning Herald](http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/winners-and-losers-of-the-insurance-race-in-2015-20151215-glnynh.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

QBE Insurance Group, Suncorp Group and IAG – which of these insurers made the biggest share price gains in 2015 and how will they fare next year?