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# February 15, 2015: Sandy Insurance Pressure Mounts and Northeast Storm Surge Gets Scary
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-15-2015-sandy-insurance-pressure-mounts-and-northeast-storm-surge-gets-scary/
- Published: 2015-02-25T07:16:46.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-25T07:16:46.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Evolution of a Hurricane-Force Storm in the North Atlantic](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2015/02/24/evolution-hurricane-force-storm-north-atlantic/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VO22yEIb1Ig)

#### [Discover](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2015/02/24/evolution-hurricane-force-storm-north-atlantic/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VO22yEIb1Ig)

Images of a low pressure system in the North Atlantic that evolved into hurricane-force storm last weekend brought gale force winds and high waves to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

### [Hide in Plain Sight: The Strategic Challenge of ‘Gray Swans’](http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/15153/hide-in-plain-sight-the-strategic-challenge-of-gray-swans?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [World Politics Review](http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/15153/hide-in-plain-sight-the-strategic-challenge-of-gray-swans?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A number of recent crises and calamities, from 9/11 to the 2008 financial meltdown, suggest that the factors that most often upend strategic intent aren’t surprises that no one had anticipated.

### [Mysterious East Coast Flooding Caused by ‘Unprecedented’ Surge in Sea Level](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/25/mysterious-east-coast-flooding-caused-by-unprecented-surge-in-sea-level/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/25/mysterious-east-coast-flooding-caused-by-unprecented-surge-in-sea-level/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Sea levels from New York to Newfoundland were undergoing an “extreme” surge unlike any other in recorded history.

### [New Madrid Earthquake Potential is Elevated](http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/2169696.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Daily Statesman](http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/2169696.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The chances of the New Madrid “big one” rocking the area may be greater than previously thought according a recent update of the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Seismic Hazards Map.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Forget CFOs, Corporations Are Counting On Climate Specialists to Save Them Billions](http://qz.com/349700/forget-cfos-corporations-are-counting-on-climate-specialists-to-save-them-billions/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Quartz](http://qz.com/349700/forget-cfos-corporations-are-counting-on-climate-specialists-to-save-them-billions/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Although climate mitigation is still far more common and better funded, climate adaptation is having a moment.

### [Insurance Claims From Cyclone Marcia Jump 60% to $53.4m](http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/insurance-claims-from-cyclone-marcia-jump-60-to-534m-but-widespread-carnage-from-oswald-in-2013-looks-to-be-averted/story-fnihsps3-1227237795610?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Courier Mail](http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/insurance-claims-from-cyclone-marcia-jump-60-to-534m-but-widespread-carnage-from-oswald-in-2013-looks-to-be-averted/story-fnihsps3-1227237795610?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

But Tuesday’s tally, still to climb, is likely to be far less than insurers had initially feared when the cyclone approached land on Friday morning.

### [Twice-Wounded Sandy Victims Seek Payout as FEMA Presses Insurers](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-25/twice-wounded-sandy-victims-seek-payout-as-fema-presses-insurers?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-25/twice-wounded-sandy-victims-seek-payout-as-fema-presses-insurers?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Some homeowners hit by Hurricane Sandy say they’ve been victimized twice: first by the storm and later by insurers.

### [For Front-Row Seat in Deal Action, Try Bermuda’s Airport](http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/02/24/for-front-row-seat-in-deal-action-try-bermudas-airport/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/02/24/for-front-row-seat-in-deal-action-try-bermudas-airport/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“\[The\] one thing I can tell you is that the Bermuda airport is a useful place to hang out. Everybody is talking to everybody.”