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# March 2, 2015: Buffett Love and Sandy Insurance Concerns Makes the Mainstream
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/march-2-2015-buffett-love-and-sandy-insurance-concerns-makes-the-mainstream/
- Published: 2015-03-02T07:17:50.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-02T07:17:50.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Research Shows Strong Correlation Between Quakes, Oil Activity](http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060013080?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [E&E Publishing](http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060013080?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

New research is zeroing in on a significant correlation between oil and gas waste disposal and earthquakes in a two-county area in northern Oklahoma.

### [Cyclone Marcia Damage to Newer Homes a Concern](http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclone-marcia-damage-to-newer-homes-a-concern-20150301-13s1ei.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Brisbane Times](http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclone-marcia-damage-to-newer-homes-a-concern-20150301-13s1ei.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The head of Queensland’s leading cyclone research centre has raised concerns over the amount of new buildings damaged when Cyclone Marcia battered central Queensland.

### [Storm After the Storm](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-sandy-60-minutes-fraud-investigation/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [60 Minutes](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-sandy-60-minutes-fraud-investigation/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Sharyn Alfonsi investigates allegations that thousands of homeowners were denied their flood insurance claims after Hurricane Sandy because of fraudulent engineers’ reports

### [What’s in a Name? Perhaps a Quiet Hurricane Season](http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/03/01/name-perhaps-quiet-hurricane-season/24224779/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Florida Today](http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/03/01/name-perhaps-quiet-hurricane-season/24224779/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

If you’re looking for omens as to whether the 2015 Atlantic basin hurricane season will be active or not, there is a tradition in the rotation of names being used this year that suggests it might not.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Berkshire Insurance ‘Superstar’ Could Fill Buffett’s Shoes](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/us-berkshire-buffet-jain-idUSKBN0LY00B20150302?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/us-berkshire-buffet-jain-idUSKBN0LY00B20150302?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Warren Buffett has lavishly praised Berkshire Hathaway executive Ajit Jain for smoothly running much of the conglomerate’s insurance businesses.

### [Designing Catastrophic Earthquake Bond and Predicting Its Credit Spread (Event)](http://www.meetup.com/SF-Bayarea-Machine-Learning/events/220589212/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/SF-Bayarea-Machine-Learning/events/220589212/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

This presentation is simplified analytical approach developed by the author to illustrate key elements in the design of a parametric catastrophic bond.

### [Amlin’s FY Profit Falls on Lower Investment Return](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/amlin-results-idUSL4N0W42VG20150302?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/amlin-results-idUSL4N0W42VG20150302?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

British insurer and reinsurer Amlin Plc said its full-year pretax profit fell 21 percent, hurt by low interest rates and a fall in investment return.

### [Hiscox Pre-Tax Profit Falls Amid Low Interest Rate Environment](http://www.cityam.com/210583/hiscox-pretax-profit-falls-amid-low-interest-rate-environment?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [City AM](http://www.cityam.com/210583/hiscox-pretax-profit-falls-amid-low-interest-rate-environment?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Specialist insurer Hiscox has said pre-tax profit fell to £231.1m for the year ending 31 December 2014, which was down from £244.5m a year earlier.