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# January 23, 2015: Valuing Berkshire's Jain, Warming Killing Crops
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-23-2015-valuing-berkshires-jain-warming-killing-crops/
- Published: 2015-01-23T07:12:15.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-23T07:12:15.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Fast Track on Drug for Ebola Has Faltered](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/business/fast-track-on-drug-for-ebola-has-faltered.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/business/fast-track-on-drug-for-ebola-has-faltered.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

There are diminishing chances that the drug can be used to treat large numbers of patients in the current outbreak

### [Rising Temperatures Could Cut Crop Output](http://www.wsj.com/articles/rising-temperatures-could-cut-crop-output-report-says-1421993041?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/rising-temperatures-could-cut-crop-output-report-says-1421993041?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Rising temperatures in coming decades could sharply reduce U.S. crop production and reshape the nation’s agriculture industry.

### [Tidal Stresses and Giant Earthquakes](http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2015-01-23/alaska-science-forum-tidal-stresses-and-giant-earthquakes?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Juneau Empire](http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2015-01-23/alaska-science-forum-tidal-stresses-and-giant-earthquakes?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A student is combing through a database of offshore Alaska earthquakes to see if there is any link between the number of small earthquakes triggered by tides and great earthquakes that send tsunamis.

### [Insurers Pleased the Government Plans to Recognise Natural Hazards in Revamped RMA](http://www.interest.co.nz/business/73701/insurers-pleased-government-plans-recognise-natural-hazards-revamped-rma?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Interest.co.nz](http://www.interest.co.nz/business/73701/insurers-pleased-government-plans-recognise-natural-hazards-revamped-rma?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The revamped Resource Management Act could prevent the most vulnerable being left out of pocket as the supply of affordable housing increases.

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Ajit Jain’s Value To Berkshire Hathaway](http://seekingalpha.com/article/2841296-ajit-jains-value-to-berkshire-hathaway?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Seeking Alpha](http://seekingalpha.com/article/2841296-ajit-jains-value-to-berkshire-hathaway?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

So, if Ajit Jain is tipped to be the next CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, then what are his key achievements and track record?

### [BoE says UK insurer capital won’t rise under EU rules](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/britain-boe-insurance-idUSL6N0V11M420150122?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/britain-boe-insurance-idUSL6N0V11M420150122?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

European Union rules to keep insurance companies stable will not be an excuse for regulators to ramp up capital requirements for insurers in Britain.

### [A Little Market Medicine to Prevent the Next Pandemic](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/114a5aa2-a21f-11e4-bbb8-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3PdxVaqdB)

#### [Financial Times (sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/114a5aa2-a21f-11e4-bbb8-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3PdxVaqdB)

‘Pandemic bonds’ could inject private-sector rigour into global medical bureaucracies

### [Group: Make Insurance Commissioner an Elected Position](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-insurance-commissioner-constitutional-amendment-20150122-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sun Sentinel](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-insurance-commissioner-constitutional-amendment-20150122-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty hasn’t been removed from office, but already the wheels are turning to prevent his successors from being fired.