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# March 11, 2016: Fermat Makes the ILS Case, Earth's Fastest Moving Fault and Loeb Reinsurer Grasps Mortgage Life Preserver 
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/march-11-2016-fermat-makes-ils-case-earths-fastest-moving-fault-loebs-reinsurer-grasps-mortgage-life-preserver/
- Published: 2016-03-11T07:07:58.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-11T07:07:58.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [New Zealand’s Alpine Fault Biggest Mover in the World](http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2016/03/new-zealands-alpine-fault-biggest-mover-in-the-world?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [University of Wellington](http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2016/03/new-zealands-alpine-fault-biggest-mover-in-the-world?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

New Zealand’s Alpine Fault has moved more in the last 25 million years than any other known onland fault on Earth.

### [Tree Planting ‘Can Reduce Flooding’](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35777927?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35777927?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research suggests.

### [European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts – Model Upgraded to Best Ever](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub%5Freleases/2016-03/e-emw031016.php?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [EurekAlert ](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub%5Freleases/2016-03/e-emw031016.php?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts launched a significant set of upgrades, dramatically increasing the quality of both its high-resolution and its ensemble forecasts.

### [This New York Storm Barrier Could Have Slowed Down Sandy. But European Settlers Ate It](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/03/10/how-european-settlers-ate-the-storm-barrier-that-could-have-saved-new-york/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/03/10/how-european-settlers-ate-the-storm-barrier-that-could-have-saved-new-york/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

New York’s settlers ate oysters in the harbor like they were going out of style, and the city lost its natural protection from once-in-a-lifetime megastorms such as Hurricane Sandy.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [2016 Opalesque Connecticut Roundtable](http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT&and=download%5FRT&iID=184&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Odalisque (direct to PDF download)](http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT&and=download%5FRT&iID=184&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Featuring Brett Houghton, Managing Principal of Fermat Capital discussing accessing insurance-linked risks through catastrophe bonds and collateralized reinsurance contracts.

### [Loeb Reinsurer Targets Mortgage Deals to Halt Underwriting Loss](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-10/loeb-reinsurer-targets-mortgage-deals-to-halt-underwriting-loss?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-10/loeb-reinsurer-targets-mortgage-deals-to-halt-underwriting-loss?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Adding mortgage contracts “will hopefully allow us to eventually get to a lower-than-100 percent combined ratio.”

### [Best in Class: A Brexit-Proof Sector?](http://www.ftadviser.com/2016/03/11/investments/global/best-in-class-a-brexit-proof-sector-taroU8ERNndR1HTDVEvjgJ/article.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FT Adviser](http://www.ftadviser.com/2016/03/11/investments/global/best-in-class-a-brexit-proof-sector-taroU8ERNndR1HTDVEvjgJ/article.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The sector marches to a different drumbeat to the to the rest of the market, which makes it a good defensive investment and diversification tool.

### [Old Mutual Says to Split Up, Asset Management Sale Eyed](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-old-mutual-breakup-idUSKCN0WD0FD?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-old-mutual-breakup-idUSKCN0WD0FD?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Old Mutual’s solvency capital ratio under new European rules was 135 percent, lower than many of the other major insurers.