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# June 17, 2016: Australia Face Bigger Losses, Modeling ISIS and Florida Insurer Faces Rate Scrutiny
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/june-17-2016-australia-face-bigger-losses-modeling-isis-florida-insurer-faces-rate-scrutiny/
- Published: 2016-06-17T07:08:31.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-17T07:08:31.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [A Step Forward in Understanding Mechanisms Behind Magma Generation and the Outbreak of Earthquakes](http://phys.org/news/2016-06-mechanisms-magma-outbreak-earthquakes.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2016-06-mechanisms-magma-outbreak-earthquakes.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A new discovery may reinforce the theory that underground salt water influences the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

### [Fighting ISIS With an Algorithm, Physicists Try to Predict Attacks](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/science/fighting-isis-with-an-algorithm-physicists-try-to-predict-attacks.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/science/fighting-isis-with-an-algorithm-physicists-try-to-predict-attacks.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A new mathematical model sifts order from the chaotic pro-terrorism online universe.

### [Santa Barbara Fire Explodes to 1,700 Acres and Again Loses Highway 101](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-barbara-fire-refugio-20160616-snap-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-barbara-fire-refugio-20160616-snap-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“Fires are going to get worse this season. This weather’s going to make the perfect storm.”

### [Is The Risk Of Catching Zika Greater In Poor Neighborhoods?](http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/06/16/482345540/is-the-risk-of-catching-zika-greater-in-poor-neighborhoods?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/06/16/482345540/is-the-risk-of-catching-zika-greater-in-poor-neighborhoods?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Brazilian scientists say the link between poverty and Zika is not clear.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [American Family Wants Permission to Reorganize As it Eyes Expanding Beyond Insurance](http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/american-family-wants-permission-to-reorganize-as-it-eyes-expanding/article%5Ffe082969-649f-5789-8b68-59a855b07e36.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Wisconsin State Journal](http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/american-family-wants-permission-to-reorganize-as-it-eyes-expanding/article%5Ffe082969-649f-5789-8b68-59a855b07e36.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

American Family wants to convert to a mutual holding company, a move that the company says will “provide more flexibility to pursue customer-driven initiatives.”

### [Specialist Players Ready to Pounce as Insurance Sell-Off Gathers Pace](http://www.reuters.com/article/insurance-ma-europe-idUSL8N18Y3JN?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/insurance-ma-europe-idUSL8N18Y3JN?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

European insurers are looking to sell portfolios of general insurance business closed to new customers.

### [Battered Insurers IAG, Suncorp Face More Wild Weather](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/battered-insurers-iag-suncorp-face-more-wild-weather/news-story/3c56f8465e63e7f3b45637f9bde7ecc0?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Australian ](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/battered-insurers-iag-suncorp-face-more-wild-weather/news-story/3c56f8465e63e7f3b45637f9bde7ecc0?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurance companies are at risk of breaching their natural disaster allowances and are battening down the hatches for another weekend of wild weather along the east coast of Australia.

### [Public Hearing Requested Over Heritage’s 14.9-Percent Insurance Rate Increase](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-heritage-hearing-request-20160616-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sun Sentinel ](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-heritage-hearing-request-20160616-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Heritage’s recent rate- and policy-change requests have drawn scrutiny from the regulators.