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# January 27, 2016: Cutting Losses on Crop Cover, AIG's Weak Sauce and the New Weather Model Nobody is Talking About
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-27-2016-cutting-losses-on-crop-cover-aigs-weak-sauce-and-the-new-weather-model-nobody-is-talking-about/
- Published: 2016-01-27T06:52:57.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-27T06:52:57.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [The Quest to Predict Severe Weather Sooner](http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/in-brief/19012/quest-predict-severe-weather-sooner?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [AtmosNews](http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/in-brief/19012/quest-predict-severe-weather-sooner?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A global software platform called Model for Prediction Across Scales, or MPAS, aims to be next-generation sever weather global model.

### [This Disaster Simulator Prepares Tokyoites for the Next Big Earthquake](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-disaster-simulator-prepares-tokyoites-for-the-next-big-earthquake?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Motherboard](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-disaster-simulator-prepares-tokyoites-for-the-next-big-earthquake?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Researchers are simulating earthquakes on a macro and micro level in order to inform disaster response.

### [Insurers Getting Smarter About Assessing Cyber Insurance Policy Risks](http://www.darkreading.com/analytics/insurers-getting-smarter-about-assessing-cyber-insurance-policy-risks/d/d-id/1324048?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Dark Reading](http://www.darkreading.com/analytics/insurers-getting-smarter-about-assessing-cyber-insurance-policy-risks/d/d-id/1324048?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

2016 shaping up to be a year of greater maturity in how insurance companies underwrite their cyber insurance policies.

### [Momentum for Insurance; No Panacea for Tackling Climate Risk](http://www.bna.com/momentum-insurance-no-n57982066549/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg BNA](http://www.bna.com/momentum-insurance-no-n57982066549/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A Q&A with David Bresch, head the Sustainability & Political Risk Management Unit at Swiss Re.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Cargill Joins Wells Fargo, Deere in Retreat From Crop Insurance](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-26/cargill-joins-wells-fargo-deere-in-retreat-from-crop-insurance?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-26/cargill-joins-wells-fargo-deere-in-retreat-from-crop-insurance?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The U.S. crop insurance market has been abandoned by some of its largest companies as uncertainty about federal aid clouds the business’s future.

### [AIG Makes Late Push Toward Mediocrity](http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2016/01/26/aig-makes-late-push-toward-mediocrity/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters Breakingviews](http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2016/01/26/aig-makes-late-push-toward-mediocrity/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A renewed push to improve returns will only take the mega-insurer toward mediocrity.

### [Zurich Insurance Poaches Generali Chief Mario Greco](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-generali-ceo-idUKKCN0V41XP?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-generali-ceo-idUKKCN0V41XP?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Zurich issued a profit warning last week for its general insurance business, its second in four months.

### [Leadenhall Capital Partners Launches New Catastrophe-Bond UCITS Fund.](http://www.finalternatives.com/node/32431?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FinAlternatives](http://www.finalternatives.com/node/32431?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Leadenhall Capital Partners launched an UCITS investment fund late last year that marks the firm’s first liquid alternative fund dedicated to catastrophe bonds.