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# February 26, 2015: Jamaica Commits to CCRF, U.S. Plays With Pathogens and Axa Can't Fight It Forever
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-26-2015-jamaica-commits-to-ccrf-u-s-plays-with-pathogens-and-axa-cant-fight-it-forever/
- Published: 2015-02-26T07:00:30.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-26T07:00:30.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Please Don’t Let An Earthquake Hit When I’m In The Shower](http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/02/25/388460206/please-dont-let-an-earthquake-hit-when-im-in-the-shower?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/02/25/388460206/please-dont-let-an-earthquake-hit-when-im-in-the-shower?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

What would you do if you lived in a city where you faced the world’s greatest risk of dying in a catastrophic earthquake?

### [More to Learn After Historic Natural Disasters](http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/02/26/4187327.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/02/26/4187327.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A researcher from the University of Newcastle believes the community has become ‘disempowered’ from preparing for another natural disaster.

### [NIH Moving Ahead With Review of Risky Virology Studies](http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/02/nih-moving-ahead-review-risky-virology-studies?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Science AAAS](http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/02/nih-moving-ahead-review-risky-virology-studies?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The U.S. government announced that a handful of U.S.-funded studies on risky pathogens were so dangerous that researchers should halt the work until experts could review them.

### [Hazard Researchers to Participate in Vulnerability, Resilience Center](http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2015/2/25/new-hazard-center/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Texas A&M Arch One](http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2015/2/25/new-hazard-center/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists from 12 universities will join in a nationwide initiative aimed at helping communities prepare for and recover from natural disasters.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Jamaican Government Moves To Reduce Fiscal Exposure To Disaster](http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20150226/jamaican-government-moves-reduce-fiscal-exposure-disaster?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Jamaica Gleaner](http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20150226/jamaican-government-moves-reduce-fiscal-exposure-disaster?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Jamaica is contributing $427.5 million to the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRF) next fiscal year.

### [Cyberinsurance Veteran Teams With BitGo on ‘Watershed’ Insurance Policy](http://www.coindesk.com/cyberinsurance-pioneer-bitgo-insurance/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [CoinDesk](http://www.coindesk.com/cyberinsurance-pioneer-bitgo-insurance/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Bitcoin security specialist BitGo has announced a new partnership with Innovation Insurance Group and XL Group that will enable it to offer $250,000 in theft insurance to customers who opt in to the program.

### [Axa Can’t Fight Yield Pressure Forever](http://www.wsj.com/articles/axa-cant-fight-yield-pressure-forever-1424867172?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required) ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/axa-cant-fight-yield-pressure-forever-1424867172?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A low investment-yield world will eventually disappoint insurance investors.

### [Allianz Profit Drops as Gross Exit Spurs Pimco Outflows](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-26/allianz-profit-falls-amid-pimco-outflows-after-gross-exit?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-26/allianz-profit-falls-amid-pimco-outflows-after-gross-exit?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Net income fell to 1.22 billion euros ($1.39 billion) from 1.26 billion euros a year earlier.