Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today
The Weather Company Absorbs ‘Deep Thunder’ to Bolster Modeling
Datanami
IBM is combining two of its weather forecasting resources to create a single combined forecasting model that executives say will be more accurate than what came before.
Colombia Zika study: No Birth Defects in Late Pregnancy Infections
CIDRAP
Maternal infections with Zika virus during the third trimester don’t appear to be linked to structural abnormalities in babies.
Six-Story Building Put to Earthquake Test
AP
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego rocked and rattled a six-story steel frame building on a giant shake table Wednesday to see how the structure would withstand major earthquakes.
Why Homicides Rose in 2015
CityLab
A new report from the National Institute of Justice explores why homicides rose so sharply in 2015 across 56 U.S. cities.
Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today
Icahn, Paulson Add Transparency, AIG President Says
Reuters
AIG said in January it planned to cut $1.6 billion of costs and return at least $25 billion to shareholders over the next two years.
Loeb Reinsurer Says Paulson Exit Eased Tax Scrutiny on Industry
Bloomberg
The Paulson reinsurance operation “had no employees, they wrote very little business and they had a big amount of capital sitting offshore.”
Major Flood Events Could Cost Canada $13 Billion: Analysis
Calgary Sun
Swiss Re forecasts that a likely one-in-200-year loss scenario would feature extensive flooding covering multiple western Canadian provinces.
Insured Storm Losses Triple: ICA
The Australian
The full impact of the storms that battered the east coast almost two weeks ago is becoming apparent for insurers.
