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# February 25, 2016: Tornado Slams Virginia, Florida's "Depopulation" Push Threatened and Cyber Crimes Double
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-25-2016-tornado-slams-virginia-floridas-depopulation-push-threatened-and-cyber-crimes-double/
- Published: 2016-02-25T07:31:19.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-25T07:31:19.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Storms, Tornado Kill Four and Injures 20 in Virginia](http://www.upi.com/Top%5FNews/US/2016/02/25/Storms-tornado-kill-four-and-injures-20-in-Virginia/2651456377864/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [UPI](http://www.upi.com/Top%5FNews/US/2016/02/25/Storms-tornado-kill-four-and-injures-20-in-Virginia/2651456377864/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

It was the same storm system that killed people in Louisiana and Mississippi just hours earlier.

### [Cybercrime Surging as Economic Crime Threat](http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2016/02/25/cybercrime-surging-as-economic-crime-threat/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2016/02/25/cybercrime-surging-as-economic-crime-threat/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The percentage of companies reporting losses of more than $1 million due to cybercrime incidents doubled since 2014.

### [Review: ‘Pandemic’ Explains How to Host the Perfect Pathogen Party](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/books/review-pandemic-explains-how-to-host-the-perfect-pathogen-party.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/books/review-pandemic-explains-how-to-host-the-perfect-pathogen-party.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Sonia Shah does not seek shelter in euphemisms or shy away from scary numbers.

### [Betting on the Climate to Win Cash](http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060032882?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [ClimateWire](http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060032882?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A Cambridge University climate change economist bet two prominent skeptics £1,000 ($1,400) each that 2015 would not be cooler than 2008.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Senators Delve Into Insurance Controversy](http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/senators-delve-into-insurance-controversy-20160224/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Tampa Tribune](http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/senators-delve-into-insurance-controversy-20160224/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Citizens warns that years of work to move policies into the private market could be reversed unless action is taken on “assignment of benefits.”

### [Christchurch City Council Banks $603 Million Insurance Settlement](http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/77218948/Christchurch-City-Council-banks-603-million-insurance-settlement?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New Zealand Press](http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/77218948/Christchurch-City-Council-banks-603-million-insurance-settlement?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The council had lodged insurance claims worth $920m for its above-ground assets.

### [Indian Farmers Deep in Debt, Seek Subsidies, Help with Insurance](http://www.reuters.com/article/india-farming-debt-idUSKCN0VY09M?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/india-farming-debt-idUSKCN0VY09M?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Indian government action to increase spending on irrigation and crop insurance is not enough to end a cycle of indebtedness that has led to thousands of farmer suicides.

### [Axa Full-Year Profit Rises 12% on Life-Insurance Premiums](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-25/axa-full-year-profit-rises-12-on-life-insurance-premiums?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-25/axa-full-year-profit-rises-12-on-life-insurance-premiums?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

France’s largest insurer said 2015 profit rose 12 percent, helped by higher life-insurance sales in Europe and Asia.