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# May 24, 2016: Insurers' Hedge Fund Love Gone and Wildfires Are a People Problem
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/may-24-2016-insurers-hedge-fund-love-gone-wildfires-people-problem/
- Published: 2016-05-24T08:23:30.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T08:23:30.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Atlantic Hurricane Season Could Be More Active than Normal – Braun](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-season-atlantic-idUSKCN0YF12F?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-season-atlantic-idUSKCN0YF12F?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The Atlantic Ocean could be gearing up for an active hurricane season.

### [What an Earthquake Does to a Building, Visualized](http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a20992/what-an-earthquake-does-to-a-building-visualized/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Popular Mechanics ](http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a20992/what-an-earthquake-does-to-a-building-visualized/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

An experiment gave the USGS a real-time look at quake forces.

### [WHO’s Stern Warning: The World ‘Is Not Prepared To Cope’ With Pandemics](http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/05/23/479199256/whos-stern-warning-the-world-is-not-prepared-to-cope-with-pandemics?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/05/23/479199256/whos-stern-warning-the-world-is-not-prepared-to-cope-with-pandemics?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“For infectious diseases, you cannot trust the past when planning for the future.”

### [Population Trumps Climate and Carbon in Shaping the Future of Wildfires](http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/just-published/21140/population-trumps-climate-and-carbon-in-shaping-future-of-wildfires?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [UCAR](http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/just-published/21140/population-trumps-climate-and-carbon-in-shaping-future-of-wildfires?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Future pattern of population growth, not climate change, is likely to be the dominant factor in determining whether the amount of land burned by fires increases or decreases this century.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Citizens Insurance: Board to Vote on $204 Million Offshore Spending](http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/05/23/citizens-insurance-board-to-vote-on-204-million-offshore-spending/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Palm Beach Post](http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/05/23/citizens-insurance-board-to-vote-on-204-million-offshore-spending/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Last year Citizens said it spent about $283 million on offshore reinsurance.

### [Auto Insurers to Avoid Crashing in a Driverless Future](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3556305/banking-and-capital-markets-trading-and-technology/auto-insurers-hope-to-avoid-crashing-in-a-driverless-future.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#/.V0RB4ld2kyA)

#### [Institutional Investor](http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3556305/banking-and-capital-markets-trading-and-technology/auto-insurers-hope-to-avoid-crashing-in-a-driverless-future.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#/.V0RB4ld2kyA)

The future of the auto insurance industry is not as dire as some analysts think.

### [Can Startups Disrupt the $20 Billion Cyber Insurance Market?](http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/23/can-startups-disrupt-the-20-billion-cyber-insurance-market/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/23/can-startups-disrupt-the-20-billion-cyber-insurance-market/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

As large insurance underwriters try to grapple with cyber insurance, newcomers aim to disrupt this ecosystem.

### [Insurance Industry Is Falling Out of Love With Hedge Funds](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-24/hedge-funds-have-17-7-billion-at-stake-with-insurers-fleeing?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-24/hedge-funds-have-17-7-billion-at-stake-with-insurers-fleeing?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurers have had about enough of hedge funds.