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# February 23, 2015: Pensions Rethink Risk and Sandy's Meteorological Lessons
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-23-2015-pensions-rethink-risk-and-sandys-meteorological-lessons/
- Published: 2015-02-23T06:48:04.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-23T06:48:04.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/us/ties-to-corporate-cash-for-climate-change-researcher-Wei-Hock-Soon.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/us/ties-to-corporate-cash-for-climate-change-researcher-Wei-Hock-Soon.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Newly released documents show the extent to which Dr. Soon’s work has been tied to funding he received from corporate interests.

### [What Meteorologists Learned from Hurricane Sandy](http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/02/23/preparing-for-the-next-superstorm-what-meteorologists-learned-from-hurricane-sandy/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NJ Spotlight](http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/02/23/preparing-for-the-next-superstorm-what-meteorologists-learned-from-hurricane-sandy/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Lawmakers and their allies who want to rein in big banks are ready to pounce if it isn’t strict enough.

### [Study Says Northern Parts of Oman More Vulnerable to Earthquake Risks](http://www.timesofoman.com/News/47691/Article-Study-says-northern-parts-of-Oman-more-vulnerable-to-earthquake-risks?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Times of Oman](http://www.timesofoman.com/News/47691/Article-Study-says-northern-parts-of-Oman-more-vulnerable-to-earthquake-risks?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Northern parts of the Sultanate are more vulnerable to earthquakes, researchers have found after a seismic hazard assessment.

### [Swine Flu Vaccine ‘Dries Up’ in Kashmir, Doctors at Risk](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Swine-flu-vaccine-dries-up-in-Kashmir-doctors-at-risk/articleshow/46333028.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Times of India](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Swine-flu-vaccine-dries-up-in-Kashmir-doctors-at-risk/articleshow/46333028.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Top health officials in Kashmir valley on Sunday admitted that there was no swine flu vaccine available in any hospital of the region.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Corporate Pension Funds Weigh Derisking vs. Re-Risking](http://www.pionline.com/article/20150223/PRINT/302239981/corporate-pension-funds-weigh-derisking-vs-re-risking?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Pensions & Investments](http://www.pionline.com/article/20150223/PRINT/302239981/corporate-pension-funds-weigh-derisking-vs-re-risking?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Corporate plan sponsors on both sides of the Atlantic are pushing back against the ramifications of lower interest rates.

### [Chinese Insurers Await Green Light to Get Into OTC Market](http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1721254/insurers-await-green-light-get-otc-market?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [South China Morning Post](http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1721254/insurers-await-green-light-get-otc-market?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Third board in China seen as new investment channel with the lure of promising start-ups.

### [The Year Insurers Took a Hit](http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/66475134/the-year-insurers-took-a-hit?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Stuff.co.nz](http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/66475134/the-year-insurers-took-a-hit?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The 2011 earthquakes were catastrophic events that left the Garden City with a withered central business district, damage in many suburbs and questions about insurance.

### [1,500 Homes Damaged by Cyclone Marcia in Australia](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2963629/1-500-homes-damaged-Cyclone-Marcia-Australia.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2963629/1-500-homes-damaged-Cyclone-Marcia-Australia.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The government has committed army reservists to help with the clean-up in Yeppoon, as well as disaster relief funding to those affected in Queensland.