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# March 2, 2016: Florida Takeouts Slow as Rates Level and the Sea Level Risk Costs Rethought
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/march-2-2016-florida-takeouts-slow-as-rates-level-and-the-sea-level-risk-costs-rethought/
- Published: 2016-03-02T07:37:44.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-02T07:37:44.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Climate Scientists Worry About the Costs of Sea Level Rise](http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/mar/02/climate-scientists-worry-about-the-costs-of-sea-level-rise?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FT](http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/mar/02/climate-scientists-worry-about-the-costs-of-sea-level-rise?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

New research addresses the economic costs of damages associated with sea level rise.

### [Spectre of Ebola Haunts Zika Response](http://www.nature.com/news/spectre-of-ebola-haunts-zika-response-1.19471?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/spectre-of-ebola-haunts-zika-response-1.19471?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Agencies rush to show that outbreak tactics have improved.

### [Carbon Monox-Lies](http://www.snopes.com/carbon-monoxide-spike-earthquake/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/carbon-monoxide-spike-earthquake/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A fear mongering article attempted to link an alleged “carbon monoxide spike” with an earthquake prediction.

### [Purdue Researcher: Cyclone Forecasting for Indian Coast Improved](http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q1/purdue-researcher-cyclone-forecasting-for-indian-coast-improved.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Purdue](http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q1/purdue-researcher-cyclone-forecasting-for-indian-coast-improved.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A partnership among scientists and the governments of the United States and India has made significant progress in improving the safety of people vulnerable to cyclones along the Indian coast.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Investors Ignore the ‘Bezzle’ At Their Peril](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c8f932b2-cf1a-11e5-92a1-c5e23ef99c77.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz41kIzSH8q)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c8f932b2-cf1a-11e5-92a1-c5e23ef99c77.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz41kIzSH8q)

Today, investors, either directly or through pooled funds, are being “bezzle-d”.

### [Another 81,500 Citizens Policies Approved for Takeout](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-state-approves-81-5k-citizens-takeout-20160301-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sun Sentinel ](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-state-approves-81-5k-citizens-takeout-20160301-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The lower transfer rate probably stems from the fact that private insurers can’t offer windstorm rates as low as Citizens for higher-risk coastal properties, Citizens officials have said.

### [Insurance-Linked Securities: Taking the Market by Storm](http://www.ipe.com/reports/insurance-linked-securities/insurance-linked-securities-taking-the-market-by-storm/10012111.fullarticle?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [I&PE](http://www.ipe.com/reports/insurance-linked-securities/insurance-linked-securities-taking-the-market-by-storm/10012111.fullarticle?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurance-linked securities are gaining popularity as a diversifying asset class, but what are the available strategies, underlying risks and costs?

### [How the Insurance Industry Could Reform American Policing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/03/01/how-the-insurance-industry-could-reform-american-policing/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/03/01/how-the-insurance-industry-could-reform-american-policing/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

There is a powerful but unlikely resource that is quietly reforming police departments across the country: the insurance industry.