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# March 6, 2017: Investing In the Worst Case, China Lets Big Insures Off M&A Leash and Trump's Bird Flu Fever Dream
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/march-6-2017-investing-worst-case-china-lets-big-insures-off-ma-leash-trumps-bird-flu-fever-dream/
- Published: 2017-03-06T05:50:33.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-06T05:50:33.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

[Cashing In on Global Threats Lures Investors to New Nordic Fund](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-05/cashing-in-on-global-threats-lures-investors-to-new-nordic-fund?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Bloomberg*  
A new fund will invest in companies that stand to benefit from changes in population dynamics and a scarcity of natural resources, among other major global shifts.

[Suncorp, IAG Hit by $330m in Claims From Sydney Hailstorm](http://www.afr.com/business/insurance/insurance-companies/suncorp-iag-hit-by-330m-in-claims-from-sydney-hailstorm-20170305-gurd4t?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Australian Financial Review*  
Two of Australia’s largest insurers will take a combined $330 million hit from February’s hailstorm in northern Sydney after fielding more than 30,000 claims from affected customers.

[China to Relax Rules to Boost Big Insurers’ Expansion: Sources](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-insurance-idUSKBN16C09K?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Reuters*  
China’s insurance regulator is considering an industry shake-up that could see the biggest and most solvent firms resuming an overseas expansion.

[Marine Insurers Begin Risk Modeling for Port Cyber Attacks](http://fairplay.ihs.com/safety-regulation/article/4283016/marine-insurers-begin-risk-modelling-for-port-cyber-attacks?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*IHS*  
Aon Benfield and RMS plan to create a range of new cyber risk models as insurers look to manage the exposures of major attacks on key infrastructure and industry.

[Trump Has Set the US Up to Botch a Global Health Crisis](http://www.vox.com/2017/3/4/14803596/trump-pandemic-response-global-health-cdc?ref=riskmarketnews.com)  
*Vox*  
Bird flu is raging in China. Trump isn’t ready.