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# January 22, 2015: Texas to Get a Shakemap Jump, BP Boss Plays Katrina Card
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-22-2015-texas-get-shakemap-jump-bp-boss-plays-katrina-card/
- Published: 2015-01-22T06:44:56.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-22T06:45:40.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [As Ebola Deaths Rise, Researcher Sees Parallels with Devastating Medieval Plague](http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/ebola-deaths-rise-researcher-sees-parallels-devastating-medieval-plague/20150121?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VMDd4MYb1Ig)

#### [Rutgers Research News](http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/ebola-deaths-rise-researcher-sees-parallels-devastating-medieval-plague/20150121?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VMDd4MYb1Ig)

A Rutgers historian’s study of the Black Death also sheds light on threats such as climate change.

### [Tropical Storm In Madagascar Kills 49](http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/tropical-storm-in-madagascar-kills-49?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.ej0ZNWvM42)

#### [Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/tropical-storm-in-madagascar-kills-49?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.ej0ZNWvM42)

Tropical storm Chedza swept over the island nation this weekend, displacing tens of thousands of people and killing 49, the National Office for Disaster Management said.

### [US Geological Survey to Increase Earthquakes Risk Levels in Texas](https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/01/21/us-geological-survey-to-increase-earthquakes-risk-levels-in-texas/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [State Impact Texas](https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2015/01/21/us-geological-survey-to-increase-earthquakes-risk-levels-in-texas/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

USGS plans to update the maps for Texas (and other parts of the country) to account for an increase in man-made earthquakes.

### [Greenland Ice: The Warmer it Gets the Faster it Melts](http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/59910?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Environmental Research Web](http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/59910?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

If all the ice in the Greenland Ice Sheet melts, global sea level would rise by about 24 feet.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Swiss Re: Infrastructure Investment, Insurers Good Fit](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-22/swiss-re-infrastructure-investment-insurers-good-fit.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-22/swiss-re-infrastructure-investment-insurers-good-fit.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Swiss Re AG Chief Executive Officer Michel Lies called for the creation of a special infrastructure asset class to allow insurers to invest in projects such as roads and bridges.

### [Floridians Pay More Than Double U.S. Average](http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/banking/homeowners-insurance-floridians-pay-more-than-double-us-average/2214581?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Tampa Bay Times](http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/banking/homeowners-insurance-floridians-pay-more-than-double-us-average/2214581?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

It’s still more expensive to buy homeowners insurance in Florida than anywhere else in the country.

### [Q&A with Director, International Markets, Lloyd’s](http://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/will-wait-for-parliament-to-approve-insurance-ordinance-before-setting-up-branch-vincent-vandendael-115012200219%5F1.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Business Standard India](http://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/will-wait-for-parliament-to-approve-insurance-ordinance-before-setting-up-branch-vincent-vandendael-115012200219%5F1.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance market, sees India as one of its priority territories.

### [BP Boss says Deepwater Liabilities Exceed Cost of Hurricane Katrina](http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30933698?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30933698?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The cost to BP of the Deepwater disaster could be higher than the “actual” – to use his word – cost of Hurricane Katrina.