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# February 23, 2016: Greenlight Slumps, Coastal Cities May Drown and Pool Re Ponders Cyber, Pandemic Risks
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-23-2016-greenlight-slumps-coastal-cities-may-drown-and-pool-re-ponders-cyber-pandemic-risks/
- Published: 2016-02-23T07:21:09.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-23T07:21:09.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [New Data Reveal Stunning Acceleration of Sea Level Rise](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-data-reveal-stunning-acceleration-of-sea-level-rise/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Scientific American](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-data-reveal-stunning-acceleration-of-sea-level-rise/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Coastal cities will face greater threat than anticipated.

### [Fiji Cyclone ‘Flattened’ Koro Island, Deaths Reach 29](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/23/asia-pacific/fiji-cyclone-flattened-koro-island-deaths-reach-29/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VsxAm8d2n%5Ft)

#### [Japan Times](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/23/asia-pacific/fiji-cyclone-flattened-koro-island-deaths-reach-29/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VsxAm8d2n%5Ft)

There were very few buildings left standing on the island, which is home to about 4,500 people.

### [How NASA Accidentally Found a Way to Make Buildings Safer During Earthquakes](http://qz.com/621038/how-nasa-accidentally-found-a-way-to-make-buildings-safer-during-earthquakes/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Quartz](http://qz.com/621038/how-nasa-accidentally-found-a-way-to-make-buildings-safer-during-earthquakes/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

NASA developed a new stabilizing technology, known as the LOX Damper, in 2013 after working on a violently shaking rocket.

### [Supercomputer Quietly Puts U.S. Weather Resources Back on Top](http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/02/22/supercomputer-reston-noaa-cray-ibm/80290546/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/02/22/supercomputer-reston-noaa-cray-ibm/80290546/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The brand-new Cray supercomputer — designed, owned and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — processes 3 quadrillion calculations per second.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Greenlight Re Posts Fourth-Straight Loss on Einhorn Slump](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-22/einhorn-reinsurer-posts-fourth-straight-loss-on-investing-slump?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-22/einhorn-reinsurer-posts-fourth-straight-loss-on-investing-slump?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Investors who bet on hedge fund-reinsurance ventures have been burned lately as famous money managers failed to match their investing results from prior years.

### [Swiss Re Says Reinsurance Head to Take Helm, Unveils $1 Bln Buyback](http://www.reuters.com/article/swiss-re-ceo-idUSL3N1622OM?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/swiss-re-ceo-idUSL3N1622OM?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Swiss Re said it had benefited last year from the “absence of major natural catastrophes” as well as strong underwriting and the release of reserves.

### [Pool Re Should ‘Evolve’ to Cover Cyber Attacks and Pandemics](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0d8c7b5c-d734-11e5-8887-98e7feb46f27.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz40tTbqw8L)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0d8c7b5c-d734-11e5-8887-98e7feb46f27.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz40tTbqw8L)

The chief executive of Pool Re has said the body has the potential to take on a much broader role including cover for a massive cyber attack or a pandemic.

### [More Plans Than Ever Solve Liabilities Problem by Dumping Them](http://www.pionline.com/article/20160222/PRINT/302229979/more-plans-than-ever-solve-liabilities-problem-by-dumping-them?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Pensions & Investments (sub may be required)](http://www.pionline.com/article/20160222/PRINT/302229979/more-plans-than-ever-solve-liabilities-problem-by-dumping-them?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Most observers agree there will be many more annuity purchases, as well as lump-sum offers for terminated vested participants, in the year ahead.