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# January 12, 2016: What Will Evan Greenberg Build, a Flood Re Add On and Big Weather Research Upgrades
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-12-2016-what-will-evan-greenberg-build-a-flood-re-add-on-and-big-weather-research-upgrades/
- Published: 2016-01-12T07:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-12T07:12:00.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Strain on Nepal Faultline Risks Another Earthquake in Kathmandu, Study Finds](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/12/strain-on-nepal-faultline-risks-another-earthquake-in-kathmandu-study-finds?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/12/strain-on-nepal-faultline-risks-another-earthquake-in-kathmandu-study-finds?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A major tremor could hit Nepal’s Gorkha district within years rather than the centuries that usually pass between quakes, say researchers.

### [Pali Becomes Earliest Hurricane on Record in Central Pacific](http://www.staradvertiser.com/breaking-news/pali-could-reach-hurricane-strength-surf-rises-on-south-shore/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Honolulu Star Telegram](http://www.staradvertiser.com/breaking-news/pali-could-reach-hurricane-strength-surf-rises-on-south-shore/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Pali intensified into a category 1 hurricane today with sustained winds of 85 mph, far southwest of Hawaii.

### [NOAA Completes Weather and Climate Supercomputer Upgrades](http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/NOAA-completes-weather-and-climate-supercomputer-upgrades-364932711.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [KBTX](http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/NOAA-completes-weather-and-climate-supercomputer-upgrades-364932711.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A nearly four-fold increase in computing capacity will innovate U.S. forecasting in 2016.

### [Future NCAR Supercomputer To Precipitate Climate Research](http://www.nextplatform.com/2016/01/11/future-ncar-supercomputer-to-precipitate-climate-research/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Next Platform](http://www.nextplatform.com/2016/01/11/future-ncar-supercomputer-to-precipitate-climate-research/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The upgrade will offer the weather and climate modeling research organization lots more oomph to run its simulations.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Evan Greenberg’s Ace in Chubb’s Clothing](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3520126/banking-and-capital-markets-corporations/evan-greenbergs-ace-in-chubb-clothing.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#/.VpThyDZ2n%5Fs)

#### [Institutional Investor](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3520126/banking-and-capital-markets-corporations/evan-greenbergs-ace-in-chubb-clothing.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#/.VpThyDZ2n%5Fs)

At Chubb, Greenberg will be betting on the same acquisition strategy and obsession with underwriting that helped him turn ACE from a midsize reinsurer into one of the world’s largest multiline insurance companies.

### [AIG Shareholder Poll Reveals Desire for Change](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cdd4154c-b901-11e5-bf7e-8a339b6f2164.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3x1nCe7R4)

#### [Financial Times (sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cdd4154c-b901-11e5-bf7e-8a339b6f2164.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3x1nCe7R4)

Only a small minority of shareholders fully back American International Group’s present strategy.

### [The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing](https://hbr.org/2016/01/the-future-of-cities-depends-on-innovative-financing?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2016/01/the-future-of-cities-depends-on-innovative-financing?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Social impact bonds were conceived to tackle social problems that can be objectively measured.

### [UK Brokers Plan Flood Insurance for Small Businesses](http://www.reuters.com/article/britain-floods-insurance-idUSL8N14W1KB20160112?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/britain-floods-insurance-idUSL8N14W1KB20160112?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

While households in flood-prone areas will be able to get cheaper insurance after launch of the Flood Re reinsurance scheme in April, small businesses have complained that they are excluded.