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# January 30, 2015: Another Chinese Firm Shopping for Another Euro Insurer, Startup Focuses on Private Weather Data
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/january-30-2015-another-chinese-firm-shopping-another-euro-insurer-startup-focuses-private-weather-data/
- Published: 2015-01-30T06:58:51.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-30T06:58:51.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [A New Global Swarm of Weather-Sensing Satellites](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/a-new-global-swarm-of-orbiting-weather-sensors/384935/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/a-new-global-swarm-of-orbiting-weather-sensors/384935/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Armed with tiny orbiting sensors, a startup plans to build the world’s largest database of private weather data.

### [Flooding Leaves Mess in Oceanfront Massachusetts After Storm](http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/us-usa-weather-idUKKBN0KW26Z20150129?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/us-usa-weather-idUKKBN0KW26Z20150129?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Increased flooding is a problem up and down the New England coastline that has been exacerbated by rising sea levels.

### [Building a Better Weather Forecast? Fine-scale Soil Moisture Data will Soon Help](http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2015/01/building-better-weather-forecast-fine-scale-soil-moisture-data-will-soon-help?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Scientific Computing](http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2015/01/building-better-weather-forecast-fine-scale-soil-moisture-data-will-soon-help?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Better soil moisture observations are just what the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission will provide.

### [Cities Sizzle with More Heat Waves, Hotter Nights](http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-heat-waves-cities-20150128-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-heat-waves-cities-20150128-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Despite its cheap energy and other advantages, America is still losing ground to emerging markets in the battle for foreign investment.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [China’s Greenland Group Unit Plans to Buy European Insurer, Bank](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/30/greenland-group-ma-europe-idUSL4N0V91PE20150130?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/30/greenland-group-ma-europe-idUSL4N0V91PE20150130?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Chinese financial institutions have been taking advantage of increasingly relaxed regulations by diversifying.

### [New Type of Insurance Protects Firms from Troublesome Spokespeople](http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/01/29/new-type-of-insurance-protects-firms-from-troublesome-spokespeople/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required) ](http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/01/29/new-type-of-insurance-protects-firms-from-troublesome-spokespeople/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

American International Group is now offering insurance that protects against a fall from grace. It isn’t for us normal people. It’s for celebrities.

### [UK Lawyer Warns of Cyber-Insurance Loopholes](http://www.scmagazineuk.com/uk-lawyer-warns-of-cyber-insurance-loopholes/article/395129/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [SC Magazine](http://www.scmagazineuk.com/uk-lawyer-warns-of-cyber-insurance-loopholes/article/395129/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A leading UK lawyer has said that cyber-insurance can play a part in a business cyber-security strategy, so long as the risks are understood.

### [Chubb Profit Falls 1.9% to $558 Million on Investment Income](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/chubb-profit-declines-1-9-to-558-million-on-investment-results?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/chubb-profit-declines-1-9-to-558-million-on-investment-results?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Property-casualty insurers have been struggling with low bond yields that pressure investment returns and increased competition as hedge funds seek to bet on weather-related risks.