Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today
Modelling The Zombie Apocalypse: Head for the Hills
AFP
Cities would fall quickly, suggests the “large-scale exact stochastic dynamical simulation of a zombie outbreak” from Cornell University in New York state.
El Nino Finally Here; but This 1 Is Weak, Weird and Late
AP
A long anticipated El Nino has finally arrived. But for drought-struck California, it’s too little, too late, meteorologists say.
Google’s New Headquarters and the Threat of Sea-Level Rise
Huffington Post
Their property at the south end of San Francisco Bay is extremely vulnerable to projected sea-level rise.
UNM Researchers Take to the Skies to Assess Infrastructure Damage
University of New Mexico
Natural disasters, new technology provides project backdrop.
Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today
French Reinsurer SCOR Rules Out Acquisitions
Reuters
The CEO says SCOR already has a critical mass.
‘Extraordinary Denial Rate’ of 9 in 10 Earthquake Claims Rattles Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak
Tulsa World (sub may be required)
Doak warned against basing earthquake claim denials on assertions that the quakes were man-made.
Barriers To Entry: Insurance Firms Investing In Hedge Funds
ValueWalk
J.P. Morgan discusses the barriers to insurance firms investing with hedge funds.
Fighting Crop Insurance Cronyism
American Conservative
The farm bill’s crop insurance measures inordinately help large industrial farms stay alive.
