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# February 4, 2015: Friendly ILS and Draghi'ing Down German Life Insurers
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/february-4-2015-friendly-ils-draghiing-german-life-insurers/
- Published: 2015-02-04T06:46:41.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-04T06:47:12.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [West Australian Bushfires Force Town’s Residents to Be Evacuated to Beach](http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/04/west-australian-bushfires-force-towns-residents-to-be-evacuated-to-beach?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/04/west-australian-bushfires-force-towns-residents-to-be-evacuated-to-beach?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Bushfires burning south of Perth have destroyed two houses and three sheds, and firefighters near Northcliffe have been putting in 30-hour shifts.

### [Nothing Abnormal About Weather: Scientists](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Nothing-abnormal-about-weather-Scientists/articleshow/46115578.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Times of India](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Nothing-abnormal-about-weather-Scientists/articleshow/46115578.cms?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“Phenomena of change in weather conditions are not observed on a monthly or yearly basis.”

### [Scientists Fly Into Storms in Search of Rain](http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/03/environment-calwater-atmospheric-river-scripps/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [San Diego Union Tribune](http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/03/environment-calwater-atmospheric-river-scripps/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

As Californians wait expectantly for rain, scientists from San Diego are flying through storms to find out what causes precipitation.

### [DisasterTech Hackathon to Honor Hurricane Katrina](http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/DisasterTech-Hackathon-to-Honor-Hurricane-Katrina.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [GovernmentTech](http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/DisasterTech-Hackathon-to-Honor-Hurricane-Katrina.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Next week, civic hackers and first responders will convene to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with dozens of new emergency apps.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Hannover Re Says Capital Markets Reinsurer Friend Not Foe](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-04/hannover-re-says-capital-markets-reinsurer-friend-not-foe?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-04/hannover-re-says-capital-markets-reinsurer-friend-not-foe?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The growth of insurance-linked products that allow investors to participate in the reinsurance market is “more friend than foe,” said Henning Ludolphs.

### [Draghi’s QE Strains German Life Insurers](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/db8e00b0-abc6-11e4-b05a-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3QanPjBsz)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/db8e00b0-abc6-11e4-b05a-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3QanPjBsz)

Mario Draghi’s plan to revitalise the eurozone through quantitative easing will further undermine the solvency of life insurance and pension companies in the continent’s largest economy.

### [What it Takes to Be in Connecticut’s One Percent Club](http://www.greenwichtime.com/business/article/What-it-takes-to-be-in-Connecticut-s-One-Percent-6060367.php?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Greenwich Time](http://www.greenwichtime.com/business/article/What-it-takes-to-be-in-Connecticut-s-One-Percent-6060367.php?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

It’s $678,000 in annual income, and in Darien 30.1 percent of employed residents work in either financial or insurance positions.

### [Stalled EQC Policy Review Leaves Global Reinsurers Uncertain Over Market](http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/stalled-eqc-policy-review-leaves-global-reinsurers-uncertain-over-environment-bd-168202?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [National Business Review](http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/stalled-eqc-policy-review-leaves-global-reinsurers-uncertain-over-environment-bd-168202?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The government review of the Earthquake Commission’s funding and policy structures is leaving global reinsurers in limbo.