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# February 10, 2015: Securitizing Healthcare, Lloyds Wants In Down Under and Advancing Forecasts
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-10-2015-securitizing-healthcare-lloyds-wants-advancing-forecasts/
- Published: 2015-02-10T07:09:07.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-10T07:09:07.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [How NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters Are Helping California Battle the Drought](http://www.wired.com/2015/02/noaas-hurricane-hunters-helping-california-fight-drought/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Wired](http://www.wired.com/2015/02/noaas-hurricane-hunters-helping-california-fight-drought/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

California is the wrong side of the continent for hurricanes, but pilots and crew are chasing a different type of tropical weather system.

### [As Extreme Weather Increases, A Push for Advanced Forecasts](http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as%5Fextreme%5Fweather%5Fincreases%5Fa%5Fpush%5Ffor%5Fadvanced%5Fforecasts/2845/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Yale 360](http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as%5Fextreme%5Fweather%5Fincreases%5Fa%5Fpush%5Ffor%5Fadvanced%5Fforecasts/2845/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists and meteorologists worldwide are harnessing advanced computing power to devise more accurate, medium-range forecasts that could save lives and property.

### [Re-Creating a Tornado in 3-D Provides a More Effective Way to Study Storms](http://phys.org/news/2015-02-re-creating-tornado-d-effective-storms.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2015-02-re-creating-tornado-d-effective-storms.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Re-creating a storm enables researchers to see the entire storm in 3-D, which offers great potential for research into how they form.

### [For Texas Seismologist, Quakes Will be the Easy Part](http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article9599438.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Texas Star Telegram](http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article9599438.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A state native is expected to explain why some long-steady Texas towns have lately begun to shake.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Risk-Spreading Tools for Healthcare Financing](http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/blog/risk-spreading-tools-healthcare-financing?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Healthcare Finance ](http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/blog/risk-spreading-tools-healthcare-financing?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Health insurers are starting to look beyond traditional reinsurance – and examining the merits of other risk spreading tools.

### [Lloyd’s Supports Opening the Australian Market to Foreign Insurers](http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/lloyds-supports-opening-the-australian-market-to-foreign-insurers-20150210-139kei.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sydney Morning Herald](http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/lloyds-supports-opening-the-australian-market-to-foreign-insurers-20150210-139kei.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Lloyd’s of London has thrown its support behind a federal government’s decision to allow unregulated foreign insurers to offer cover to Australians.

### [J. Craig Venter on DNA and Life’s Mysteries](http://www.wsj.com/articles/j-craig-venter-speaks-about-dna-and-the-mysteries-of-life-1423540853?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/j-craig-venter-speaks-about-dna-and-the-mysteries-of-life-1423540853?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The implications our growing knowledge of DNA holds for medicine and human longevity.

### [Investors Fret Allstate is Sacrificing Margins for Growth](http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150210/NEWS01/150209777/investors-fret-allstate-is-sacrificing-margins-for-growth?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Crain’s Chicago](http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150210/NEWS01/150209777/investors-fret-allstate-is-sacrificing-margins-for-growth?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Allstate CEO Tom Wilson attempted to reassure analysts on a Feb. 5 conference call that the fourth quarter was a blip.