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# May 2, 2016: Buffett's Bond Problem, Kyushu Buildings Ready to Fall and BoI Invests for Resilience 
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/may-2-2016-buffetts-bond-problem-kyushu-buildings-ready-fall-boi-invests-resilience/
- Published: 2016-05-02T07:26:59.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-02T07:26:59.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Sovereign Funds Ignore Climate Risk](https://next.ft.com/content/4881a9fc-0e0d-11e6-b41f-0beb7e589515?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](https://next.ft.com/content/4881a9fc-0e0d-11e6-b41f-0beb7e589515?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Few asset owners consider the long-term risks of climate change, despite having liabilities many decades into the future.

### [Buffett Says Bonds Unattractive, If Not Terrible for Reinsurers](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-30/buffett-says-bonds-unattractive-if-not-terrible-for-reinsurers?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-30/buffett-says-bonds-unattractive-if-not-terrible-for-reinsurers?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Warren Buffett, who built Berkshire Hathaway Inc. by reinvesting premiums from insurance units, said low bond yields have hurt the prospects of that strategy.

### [AIG Raises $1.25 Billion by Selling Chinese Insurer PICC P&C Shares: IFR](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-piccprpty-csulty-pricing-idUSKCN0XS0UE?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aig-piccprpty-csulty-pricing-idUSKCN0XS0UE?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

AIG’s stake sale is among the biggest block deals in Asia this year.

### [Resilience is the Watchword for Bank of Ireland CIO Pail Droop](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3550450/investors-pensions/resilience-is-the-watchword-for-bank-of-ireland-cio-paul-droop.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#/.Vycn52N2l5w)

#### [Institutional Investor](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3550450/investors-pensions/resilience-is-the-watchword-for-bank-of-ireland-cio-paul-droop.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#/.Vycn52N2l5w)

A risk factor approach leads Droop to expand into new asset classes like reinsurance and catastrophe bonds.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [12,000 Buildings Could Collapse in Quake-Hit Kyushu](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/30/national/12000-buildings-could-collapse-in-quake-hit-kyushu/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VycvXmN2l5w)

#### [Japan Times](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/30/national/12000-buildings-could-collapse-in-quake-hit-kyushu/?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VycvXmN2l5w)

The region still appears to be seismically active.

### [Zika Virus: First American Dies of Complications Linked to Disease](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/30/zika-virus-symptoms-american-death-puerto-rico-risks?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/30/zika-virus-symptoms-american-death-puerto-rico-risks?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

CDC reports man San Juan man developed autoimmune disorder after recovering from Zika symptoms, including fever and rash.

### [A Year After Earthquake, Nepal’s Recovery Is Just Beginning](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/world/asia/nepals-earthquake-recovery-remains-in-disarray-a-year-later.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/world/asia/nepals-earthquake-recovery-remains-in-disarray-a-year-later.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Outside Kathmandu, the capital, many towns and villages remain choked with rubble, as if the earthquake had happened yesterday.

### [Above-Average Fire Year Ahead in Hawaii, Alaska, Southwest](http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hawaii-alaska-southwest-face-increased-wildfire-threat/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Seattle Times](http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hawaii-alaska-southwest-face-increased-wildfire-threat/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Most of the country should see normal or below-normal problems.