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# January 14, 2016: Paulson's Not So Permanent Capital and the Atlantic Hurricane Season Starts... Really
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-14-2016-paulsons-not-so-permanent-capital-and-the-atlantic-hurricane-season-starts-really/
- Published: 2016-01-14T08:07:42.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-14T08:07:42.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [It’s January and a Tropical Storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/13/its-january-and-a-tropical-storm-has-formed-in-the-atlantic-ocean/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/13/its-january-and-a-tropical-storm-has-formed-in-the-atlantic-ocean/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

For the first time since 1978, a named tropical weather system has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in January.

### [Strong Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/14/strong-earthquake-northern-japan/78780136/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/14/strong-earthquake-northern-japan/78780136/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The magnitude-6.7 quake hit about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, near Urakawa town on the southern tip of Hokkaido.

### [Stinging Report On Pandemics Makes Louis Pasteur Look Like A Prophet](http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/13/462950704/stinging-report-on-pandemics-makes-louis-pasteur-look-like-a-prophet?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/13/462950704/stinging-report-on-pandemics-makes-louis-pasteur-look-like-a-prophet?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Future pandemics have the potential to kill millions and cause economic losses in the trillions of dollars.

### [Bigger Iron Drives Better NOAA Weather Forecasts](http://www.nextplatform.com/2016/01/13/bigger-iron-drives-better-noaa-weather-forecasts/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Next Platform](http://www.nextplatform.com/2016/01/13/bigger-iron-drives-better-noaa-weather-forecasts/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Not every organization that relies on supercomputers can replace a whole machine in one fell swoop.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Paulson Reinsurance Company in Bermuda to Wind Down](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/business/dealbook/paulson-reinsurance-company-in-bermuda-to-wind-down.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/business/dealbook/paulson-reinsurance-company-in-bermuda-to-wind-down.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The Bermuda-based reinsurance company set up by the hedge fund manager John A. Paulson is winding down as scrutiny of offshore tax strategies rises.

### [Texas Retired Teachers’ Group Worries About Insurance Deal](http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/texas-retired-teachers-group-worries-about-insuran/np4mB/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Austin American Statesman](http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/texas-retired-teachers-group-worries-about-insuran/np4mB/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Hedge fund leader Philip Falcone holds 20,000 retired teachers’ long-term care policies that cover costs of nursing homes or other expenses associated with getting old.

### [Climate Change Disaster is Biggest Threat to Global Economy in 2016, Say Experts](http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/14/climate-change-disaster-is-biggest-threat-to-global-economy-in-2016-say-experts?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/14/climate-change-disaster-is-biggest-threat-to-global-economy-in-2016-say-experts?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Global warming heads top economists’ concerns for first time but large-scale forced migration seen as most likely risk to materialize.

### [Prudential’s Wake-Up Call](http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-01-13/prudential-is-too-slow-to-ditch-too-big-to-fail-label?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg Gadfly](http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-01-13/prudential-is-too-slow-to-ditch-too-big-to-fail-label?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Prudential Financial can learn something from its other too-big-to-fail peers.