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# January 13, 2016: ILS Ready to Move On From Reinsurance and Reconsidering the Aleutian Quake Zone Threat
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-13-2016-ils-ready-to-move-on-from-reinsurance-and-reconsidering-the-aleutian-quake-zone-threat/
- Published: 2016-01-13T09:34:52.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-13T09:34:52.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Aleutian Quake Zone Could Shoot Big Tsunamis To Hawaii, California](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/12/462708068/aleutian-quake-zone-could-shoot-big-tsunamis-to-hawaii-california?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/12/462708068/aleutian-quake-zone-could-shoot-big-tsunamis-to-hawaii-california?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Two teams of geologists say portions of the seafloor along the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska could produce tsunamis more devastating than anything seen in the past century.

### [2015 Worst US Wildfire Year on Record](http://earthsky.org/earth/2015-worst-us-wildfire-year-on-record?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Earth Sky](http://earthsky.org/earth/2015-worst-us-wildfire-year-on-record?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Wildfires scorched more than 10 million acres of land in the United States during 2015.

### [Why South Asia Is Overdue for an Earthquake Bigger Than Nepal’s](http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/01/13/why-south-asia-is-overdue-an-earthquake-bigger-than-nepals/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/01/13/why-south-asia-is-overdue-an-earthquake-bigger-than-nepals/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A sweep of the western Himalayas in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan is at risk from earthquakes as strong as magnitude 8, geologists warn.

### [A Hurricane? In January? You Can Thank El Niño](http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/a-hurricane-in-january-you-can-thank-el-nino-160112.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Discovery News](http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/a-hurricane-in-january-you-can-thank-el-nino-160112.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Tropical storm Pali intensified late yesterday to become the earliest hurricane ever recorded in the Central Pacific Ocean.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Industry Expert Sees Hungry Cat Bond Market Turning to Direct Insurance After Re Sector](http://www.citopbroker.com/news/industry-expert-sees-hungry-securities-market-turning-to-direct-insurance-after-re-sector-9700?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Canadian Insurance Top Broker](http://www.citopbroker.com/news/industry-expert-sees-hungry-securities-market-turning-to-direct-insurance-after-re-sector-9700?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The CEO Omega Insurance argues its only a “matter of time” before ILS moves on from reinsurance into direct insurance.

### [Report: Governor’s Office Eyeing Bill Hager, Tom Grady for Insurance Commissioner ](http://floridapolitics.com/archives/198098-governors-office-eyeing-tom-grady-for-insurance-commissioner?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Florida Politics ](http://floridapolitics.com/archives/198098-governors-office-eyeing-tom-grady-for-insurance-commissioner?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Grady is the former interim president of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.and Rep. Bill Hager , a former Iowa Insurance Commissioner.

### [Hillary Clinton Going After ‘Romney Loophole’ And Other Tax Shelters](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-tax-wealthy%5F56953f9be4b09dbb4bacbf41?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-tax-wealthy%5F56953f9be4b09dbb4bacbf41?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Clinton will close what the campaign is calling the “Bermuda reinsurance loophole.”

### [Finance for Climate Resilience in the Dawn of the Paris Era](https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/report/2016/01/12/128749/finance-for-climate-resilience-in-the-dawn-of-the-paris-era/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Center for American Progress](https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/report/2016/01/12/128749/finance-for-climate-resilience-in-the-dawn-of-the-paris-era/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

What is the gap in adaptation finance that must be bridged in order to fulfill the values of the Paris agreement?