> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # February 16, 2015: Pension Consultants Question ILS, Fracking Quakes Become Deadly - URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-16-2015-pension-consultants-question-ils-fracking-quakes-become-deadly/ - Published: 2015-02-16T07:07:24.000Z - Updated: 2015-02-16T07:07:24.000Z - Author: Chris Westfall ## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today ### [Are Earthquakes Triggered by Oil and Gas Production Becoming Deadlier?](http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2015/02/are-earthquakes-triggered-oil-and-gas-production-becoming-deadlier?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Science AAAS](http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2015/02/are-earthquakes-triggered-oil-and-gas-production-becoming-deadlier?ref=riskmarketnews.com) Over the past several years, a torrent of small earthquakes has accompanied the glut of oil and gas produced by industrial operations across the central United States. ### [Cyclone ‘Watch’ Alert Declared for Parts of Northern Territory and Queensland Coasts](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-16/nt-on-cyclone-alert-for-qld-storm/6116652?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [ABC News Australia](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-16/nt-on-cyclone-alert-for-qld-storm/6116652?ref=riskmarketnews.com) Lawmakers and their allies who want to rein in big banks are ready to pounce if it isn’t strict enough. ### [Govt ‘Closely Monitoring’ Swine Flu Spurt in India](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-closely-monitoring-swine-flu-spurt-in-India/articleshow/46257727.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Times of India](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-closely-monitoring-swine-flu-spurt-in-India/articleshow/46257727.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com) 11 more deaths due to the disease were reported in Rajasthan, one of the worst-affected states. ### [Spy Agencies Fund Climate Research in Hunt for Weather Weapon, Scientist Fears](http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/15/spy-agencies-fund-climate-research-weather-weapon-claim?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/15/spy-agencies-fund-climate-research-weather-weapon-claim?ref=riskmarketnews.com) US expert Alan Robock raises concern over who would control climate-altering technologies if research is paid for by intelligence agencies. ## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today ### [Natural Order Means a Fall in Returns](http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2015-02-16/natural-disasters-insurance-linked-securities-fall?mod=home-news&ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Financial News](http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2015-02-16/natural-disasters-insurance-linked-securities-fall?mod=home-news&ref=riskmarketnews.com) Three years without major natural catastrophes mean returns on insurance-linked securities have fallen and consultants are now advising against them. ### [NZ Insurance System ‘Inefficient’ After Canterbury Quakes – Vero](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c%5Fid=1&objectid=11402968&ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [New Zealand Herald](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c%5Fid=1&objectid=11402968&ref=riskmarketnews.com) New Zealand’s dual insurance system has been deemed “inefficient” by a leading insurance company in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. ### [Moody’s: Better Weather is Helping Australia’s Insurers Recover from Disaster Payouts](http://www.businessinsider.com.au/moodys-better-weather-is-helping-australias-insurers-recover-from-disaster-payouts-2015-2?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Business Insider Australia](http://www.businessinsider.com.au/moodys-better-weather-is-helping-australias-insurers-recover-from-disaster-payouts-2015-2?ref=riskmarketnews.com) The profitability of the Australian property and casualty insurance industry is steadily recovering as it moves beyond significant natural disaster losses in 2011, Moody’s says. ### [The Challenges of Selling the Cloud to Senior Management](http://thestack.com/john-mayall-selling-senior-management-cloud-160215?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [The Stack](http://thestack.com/john-mayall-selling-senior-management-cloud-160215?ref=riskmarketnews.com) John Mayall, Chief Architect at Jardine Lloyd Thompson, talks about selling the cloud to the reinsurance industry.