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# July 21, 2016: Markets Should Change Climate Change, Catastrophes Hit Travelers and Hot Tub Hurricane Machine
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/july-21-2016-markets-change-climate-change-catastrophes-hit-travelers-hot-tub-hurricane-machine/
- Published: 2016-07-21T08:05:51.000Z
- Updated: 2016-07-21T08:05:51.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Gulf of Mexico ‘Hot Tub’ Could Fuel Hurricane Season Toward Peak](https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hot-gulf-of-mexico-hurricane-tropical-storm-mid-june?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Weather.com](https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hot-gulf-of-mexico-hurricane-tropical-storm-mid-june?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

If a tropical system does get into the Gulf, it would have plentiful warm water in which to form and grow.

### [Earthquake Swarm Continues in South Bay Near Hollister](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Earthquake-swarm-South-Bay-Hollister-California-8398116.php?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [SFGate](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Earthquake-swarm-South-Bay-Hollister-California-8398116.php?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

In the past four days, more than 39 tremors have hit the area on a section of the San Andreas system known as the Calaveras Fault.

### [Live Fast, Die Young](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v535/n7612/full/535453a.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Nature](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v535/n7612/full/535453a.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Research into ageing requires patience, but a small cadre of scientists is angling to speed up answers by developing the flamboyant, short-lived turquoise killifish as a new model.

### [Stanford Research Cites Child Mortality as Major Factor in Lifespan Inequality Gap](http://phys.org/news/2016-07-stanford-cites-child-mortality-major.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2016-07-stanford-cites-child-mortality-major.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A new Stanford study shows that reducing child mortality in a society also reduces the gap between those people who die earlier than expected and those who live longer on average.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Letting Markets Guide Adaptation to Climate Change](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/upshot/letting-markets-guide-adaptation-to-climate-change.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Time](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/upshot/letting-markets-guide-adaptation-to-climate-change.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

We are forestalling climate adaption if we don’t allow markets to accurately and freely price the risks caused by climate change.

### [Travelers Profit Drops to Lowest Since 2012 on Investments, Fire](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-21/travelers-profit-drops-to-lowest-since-2012-on-investments-fire?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-21/travelers-profit-drops-to-lowest-since-2012-on-investments-fire?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Global catastrophe costs have climbed across the industry this year.

### [Swiss Re Unit In Talks Over £1bn Stake Sale](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/swiss-unit-talks-over-1bn-100500243.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sky News](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/swiss-unit-talks-over-1bn-100500243.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

One of Europe’s biggest consolidators of closed-life insurance policies is approaching investors about the sale of a £1bn stake that could bolster its firepower for further acquisitions.

### [Insurers Ignoring Risks of Oil, Gas Investments: Study](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-insurance-investment-climatechange-idUSKCN100318?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-insurance-investment-climatechange-idUSKCN100318?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Only one percent of insurers globally are assessing the risk of being left with investments in “stranded assets.”