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# June 15, 2016: Too Big Ships, Too Big Risks, Debating Extreme Weather and Cash Hoarder Cover
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/june-15-2016-big-ships-big-risks-debating-extreme-weather-cash-hoarder-cove/
- Published: 2016-06-15T07:41:44.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-15T07:42:41.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Disasters Debated](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/disasters-debated/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Scientific American ](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/disasters-debated/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists grapple over the extent to which humans are making extreme weather worse.

### [Block the Sun to Curb Global Warming?](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-14/fake-trees-and-sun-shields-scientists-race-to-curb-climate-change?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-14/fake-trees-and-sun-shields-scientists-race-to-curb-climate-change?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

What about all the CO2 already in the air? Suck it out. And if that doesn’t work? A risky emergency fix based on reflective particles.

### [Why Is an Insurance Company Giving a University Millions for Computer Science?](http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/6/14/why-is-an-insurance-company-giving-a-university-millions-for.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Philanthropy Today](http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/6/14/why-is-an-insurance-company-giving-a-university-millions-for.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

MassMutual Foundation’s $15 million commitment to education and research in computer and data science is being presented as a public-private partnership.

### [East Coast from Queensland to Tasmania Facing ‘Severe Weather’ Risk, Bureau Says](http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/east-coast-from-queensland-to-tasmania-facing-severe-weather-risk-bureau-says-20160615-gpj8se.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sydney Morning Herald](http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/east-coast-from-queensland-to-tasmania-facing-severe-weather-risk-bureau-says-20160615-gpj8se.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Meteorological models are picking up the prospect of another east coast low forming off eastern Australia.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Allianz Bets on Blockchain for Catastrophe Bond Trading](http://www.reuters.com/article/allianz-blockchain-idUSL8N1961VY?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/allianz-blockchain-idUSL8N1961VY?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Europe’s biggest insurer worked with Bermuda-based investment manager to test distributed ledger technology in a natural catastrophe swap transaction.

### [Ships Have Gotten Too Big](http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-14/ships-have-gotten-too-big?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg View](http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-14/ships-have-gotten-too-big?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Today’s largest container vessels can cost $200 million and carry many thousands of containers — potentially creating $1 billion in concentrated, floating risk.

### [Risky Business? City Divided on Impact of Brexit](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/15/risky-business-city-divided-on-impact-brexit-eu-referendum-financial-services?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/15/risky-business-city-divided-on-impact-brexit-eu-referendum-financial-services?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“It is one of the few industries where London is in the lead globally,” Lloyd’s Nelson says of reinsurance.

### [Insurers Protect German Banks Hoarding Billions in Cash](http://www.reuters.com/article/german-insurers-cash-idUSL8N1953EI?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/german-insurers-cash-idUSL8N1953EI?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Europe’s top insurers are selling protection to German banks that hoard billions of euros of cash in vaults to avoid paying a penalty by parking it at the European Central Bank.