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# March 19, 2015: Reinsurers Reject Hedge Funds, Bill Gates Worries About Superbugs
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/march-19-2015-reinsurers-reject-hedge-funds-bill-gates-worries-about-superbugs/
- Published: 2015-03-19T06:54:47.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-19T06:54:47.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [New Storm Surge Watch/Warning Maps to be Tested in 2015 Hurricane Season](http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/new%5Fsurge%5Fwatchwarning%5Fmaps%5Fto.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Nola.com](http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/new%5Fsurge%5Fwatchwarning%5Fmaps%5Fto.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The National Hurricane Center will issue prototype color-coded maps showing storm surge watch and warning areas during the 2015 hurricane season, which begins June 1.

### [Be Pandemic-Ready, Bill Gates Warns the World](http://www.vancouversun.com/health/pandemic+ready+Bill+Gates+warns+world/10901112/story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Vancouver Sun](http://www.vancouversun.com/health/pandemic+ready+Bill+Gates+warns+world/10901112/story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Billionaire tells Vancouver TED conference that a new level of readiness is needed.

### [In Italy, Researchers Blast Proposal to Ban Seafloor Mapping with Air Guns](http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2015/03/italy-researchers-blast-proposal-ban-seafloor-mapping-air-guns?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Science Insider](http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2015/03/italy-researchers-blast-proposal-ban-seafloor-mapping-air-guns?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Seismic surveys are often used to identify new sources of oil and gas, as well as earthquake-generating faults or magma chambers that could create volcanic eruptions.

### [Top Hurricane Expert: Climate Change Influenced Tropical Cyclone Pam](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/03/18/top-hurricane-expert-climate-change-influenced-tropical-cyclone-pam/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/03/18/top-hurricane-expert-climate-change-influenced-tropical-cyclone-pam/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists are pondering what role Earth’s changing climate may have had in the destructive potential of the storm.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Hedge Funds No Longer Attractive for Banks, Reinsurers](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3436866/asset-management-hedge-funds-and-alternatives/hedge-funds-no-longer-attractive-targets-for-banks-reinsurers.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VQqlSFwb1Ig)

#### [Institutional Investor](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3436866/asset-management-hedge-funds-and-alternatives/hedge-funds-no-longer-attractive-targets-for-banks-reinsurers.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VQqlSFwb1Ig)

As greater capital requirements push firms like Swiss Re to unload their hedge fund stakes, asset managers are buying up the positions.

### [Citizens Property Insurance Shrinks to Record Low](http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/banking/citizens-property-insurance-shrinks-to-record-low/2221875?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Tampa Bay Times](http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/banking/citizens-property-insurance-shrinks-to-record-low/2221875?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

State-run Citizens Property Insurance’s policy count has shrunk to its lowest level since its creation 10 years ago.

### [Budget 2015: Plan to Turn London into Cat Bond Centre](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/59f3afdc-cd77-11e4-a15a-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3UpGSHQct)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/59f3afdc-cd77-11e4-a15a-00144feab7de.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3UpGSHQct)

George Osborne has set out plans to make London a global centre for catastrophe bonds and other esoteric vehicles that are transforming the insurance industry.

### [BCE Longevity Swap Harbinger of Deals to Come](http://www.pionline.com/article/20150318/ONLINE/150319873/bce-longevity-swap-harbinger-of-deals-to-come?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Pensions and Investments](http://www.pionline.com/article/20150318/ONLINE/150319873/bce-longevity-swap-harbinger-of-deals-to-come?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The deal involving Sun Life is the first of its kind in Canada.