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# January 3, 2016: Facing the Solvency Storm, California Quake Swarm Questions and AI in Insurance
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-3-2016-facing-solvency-storm-california-quake-swarm-questions-ai-insurance/
- Published: 2017-01-03T10:02:28.000Z
- Updated: 2017-01-03T10:02:28.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

[Averting Disaster](https://global.handelsblatt.com/finance/averting-disaster-670904?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Handelsblatt Global (sub may be required)*  
Insurance firms around Europe will soon have to prove they can weather storms by publishing information on their financial stability. Experts warn that there is scope for misunderstanding and mistakes.

[Quake Swarm Near the California-Mexico Border Gets Scientists’ Attention](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-quake-swarms-20170101-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*LA Times*  
The Brawley Seismic Zone is particularly important to watch because it is the region that connects the San Andreas and Imperial faults.

[Reinsurers Braced for Year of Cost-Cutting](https://www.ft.com/content/0aac2442-d0d4-11e6-9341-7393bb2e1b51?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Financial Times (sub may be required)*  
Contract renewal season delivers weaker prices for the fifth year in a row.

[Artificial Intelligence Is Creeping Into the Insurance Industry](https://theoutline.com/post/811/artificial-intelligence-insurance-industry?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*The Outline*  
But what does that really mean?

[A Bigger Problem Than ISIS?](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/a-bigger-problem-than-isis?mbid=social%5Ftwitter&ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*The New Yorker*  
The Mosul Dam is failing. A breach would cause a colossal wave that could kill as many as a million and a half people.