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# July 1, 2016: Insurers Prepare for Puerto Rico Wipeout and Brexit Fallout, Fracking Cuts Curb Quakes
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/july-1-2016-insurers-prepare-puerto-rico-wipeout-brexit-fallout-fracking-cuts-curb-quakes/
- Published: 2016-07-01T07:07:05.000Z
- Updated: 2016-07-01T07:07:05.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Hotter Years, More Fires](http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/hotter-years-more-fires?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Climate Central](http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/hotter-years-more-fires?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Climate changes are creating more days where forests and grasslands are dried out and ready to burn.

### [Oklahoma Quakes Decline Amid Curbs on Energy Industry’s Disposal Wells](http://www.wsj.com/articles/oklahoma-quakes-decline-amid-curbs-on-energy-industrys-disposal-wells-1467323816?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/oklahoma-quakes-decline-amid-curbs-on-energy-industrys-disposal-wells-1467323816?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Drop attributed to restrictions on oil and gas companies’ pumping of wastewater from underground operations.

### [Google Adds Recent Earthquake Info to its Search Results](https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/30/quake/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/30/quake/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Searching for ‘earthquake’ will now bring up a map of recent earthquakes with basic information about them.

### [Scientists Observe First Signs of Healing in the Antarctic Ozone Layer](http://news.mit.edu/2016/signs-healing-antarctic-ozone-layer-0630?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [MIT News](http://news.mit.edu/2016/signs-healing-antarctic-ozone-layer-0630?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

September ozone hole has shrunk by 4 million square kilometers since 2000.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Insurers Push for a Voice in Brexit Talks](https://next.ft.com/content/e325975a-3ea7-11e6-9f2c-36b487ebd80a?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](https://next.ft.com/content/e325975a-3ea7-11e6-9f2c-36b487ebd80a?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The insurance industry is stepping up its lobbying efforts to prepare for Brexit as it faces losing business to other parts of the EU.

### [Bond Insurers Prepare for the Worst in Puerto Rico](http://www.wsj.com/articles/bond-insurers-prepare-for-the-worst-in-puerto-rico-1467322533?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/bond-insurers-prepare-for-the-worst-in-puerto-rico-1467322533?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Governor says island commonwealth won’t be able to cover nearly $2 billion in looming bond payments.

### [Reinsurance Rates Soften in June/July Renewal Season: Willis](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-reinsurance-prices-willis-idUSKCN0ZH4CB?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-reinsurance-prices-willis-idUSKCN0ZH4CB?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Reinsurance rates have softened in the June/July renewals season, against a backdrop of overcapacity, although the pace of the price reductions has slowed.

### [Predicting the Unpredictable: Considerations for Rate Filing Support When Implementing Predictive Models](http://us.milliman.com/insight/2016/Predicting-the-unpredictable-Considerations-for-rate-filing-support-when-implementing-predictive-models/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Milliman](http://us.milliman.com/insight/2016/Predicting-the-unpredictable-Considerations-for-rate-filing-support-when-implementing-predictive-models/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Regulators may also require a variety of support because of the black-box nature of predictive models.