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# June 23, 2016: Jamaica Questions Cat Risk Insurance and Up and Down the San Andreas Fault
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/june-23-2016-jamaica-questions-cat-risk-insurance-san-andreas-fault/
- Published: 2016-06-23T08:07:22.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-23T08:07:22.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Land Near San Andreas Fault Is Rising and Sinking: New Earthquake Research](http://ktla.com/2016/06/22/land-near-san-andreas-fault-is-rising-and-sinking-new-earthquake-research/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [KTLA](http://ktla.com/2016/06/22/land-near-san-andreas-fault-is-rising-and-sinking-new-earthquake-research/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The vertical movement is the result of seismic strain that will be ultimately released in a large earthquake.

### [Forest Service Survey Finds Record 66 Million Dead Trees in Southern Sierra Nevada](http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2016/06/0150.xml&contentidonly=true&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [USDA](http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2016/06/0150.xml&contentidonly=true&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Four consecutive years of severe drought in California, a dramatic rise in bark beetle infestation and warmer temperatures are leading to historic levels of tree die-off and wildfire risk.

### [EU Referendum Voters Wade Through Water as Floods Hit South-East](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/23/torrential-rain-and-flooding-in-london-and-south-east-on-referendum-day?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Guardian ](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/23/torrential-rain-and-flooding-in-london-and-south-east-on-referendum-day?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

People heading to polling stations to vote in the EU referendum have had to wade through deep waters, as torrential rain fell on parts of London.

### [The Philippine Government Staged Gory Post-Apocalyptic Scenes in the Streets as a National Earthquake Warning](http://qz.com/713400/the-philippine-government-staged-gory-post-apocalytic-scenes-in-the-streets-as-a-national-earthquake-warning/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Quartz](http://qz.com/713400/the-philippine-government-staged-gory-post-apocalytic-scenes-in-the-streets-as-a-national-earthquake-warning/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The capital region of Metro Manila has been a particular focus for the heightened earthquake education initiatives.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [McKenzie Wants Review of Jamaica’s Relationship with CCRIF](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/McKenzie-wants-review-of-Jamaica-s-relationship-with-CCRIF?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Jamaica Observer](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/McKenzie-wants-review-of-Jamaica-s-relationship-with-CCRIF?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A minister suggested that accessing benefits from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility should be addressed in Jamaica’s review of its relationship with its Caricom partners.

### [Are US Cities Prepared for a Post-Hurricane Sandy Future?](http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-22/are-us-cities-prepared-post-hurricane-sandy-future?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [PRI](http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-22/are-us-cities-prepared-post-hurricane-sandy-future?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

General Electrical announced that the location of its new international headquarters would be squarely inside a flood zone, but GE won’t pay more because of the increasing risk of flooding due to sea level rise.

### [UK Sets Sights on Insurance-Linked Securities Market Rich in U.S. Investors](http://blogs.reuters.com/financial-regulatory-forum/2016/06/22/uk-sets-sights-on-insurance-linked-securities-market-rich-in-u-s-investors/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://blogs.reuters.com/financial-regulatory-forum/2016/06/22/uk-sets-sights-on-insurance-linked-securities-market-rich-in-u-s-investors/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The UK is contemplating bold regulatory moves that aim to make London a hub for insurance-linked securities, and snatch an advantage in a market dominated by U.S. investors.

### [Development Funding ‘Must Involve Risk-Planning’ Says UN](http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2016/06/development-funding-must-involve-risk-planning-says-un?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Public Finance](http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/news/2016/06/development-funding-must-involve-risk-planning-says-un?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Just $13.5bn of the $3tn spent on development aid over the last two decades was spent on ensuring development was protected from disasters