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# May 5, 2016: Paying for and Stopping the Alberta Fire, Trump Cover and Locked and Loaded in LA
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/may-5-2016-paying-stopping-alberta-fire-trump-cover-locked-loaded-la/
- Published: 2016-05-05T07:51:46.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-05T07:51:46.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

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### [The Insane Challenges of Fighting Alberta’s Inferno](http://www.wired.com/2016/05/insane-challenges-fighting-albertas-inferno/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Wired](http://www.wired.com/2016/05/insane-challenges-fighting-albertas-inferno/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Fighting this fire is especially complicated, because it’s not confined to just a city or wilderness.

### [New Orleans Pushes to Finish Last Big Storm-Surge Project](http://www.enr.com/articles/39385-new-orleans-pushes-to-finish-last-big-hurricane-defense-project?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Engineering News Record](http://www.enr.com/articles/39385-new-orleans-pushes-to-finish-last-big-hurricane-defense-project?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The $654-million Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps (PCCP) project now is the last major piece of the $14.6-billion storm risk-reduction system in low-lying New Orleans.

### [San Andreas Fault ‘Locked, Loaded and Ready to Roll’ with Big Earthquake, Expert Says](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-andreas-fault-earthquake-20160504-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-andreas-fault-earthquake-20160504-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Sections of the San Andreas fault are far overdue for a big quake.

### [El Nino Ushers in Queensland’s Quietest Cyclone Season for 45 Years](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-05/quiet-queensland-cyclone-season-sets-records/7386698?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [ABC](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-05/quiet-queensland-cyclone-season-sets-records/7386698?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Three named cyclones, none of which came within cooee of the coast — that’s how Queensland’s cyclone season 2015–2016 will be remembered.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

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### [Insurers Brace for Wave of Damage Claims in Fort McMurray](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/insurers-brace-for-claims-as-wildfire-rages-through-fort-mcmurray/article29862611/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Globe and Mail](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/insurers-brace-for-claims-as-wildfire-rages-through-fort-mcmurray/article29862611/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Alberta’s wildfires in Fort McMurray could become one of the country’s costliest natural disasters.

### [Weaker Investment Income Stings Insurers’ Results](http://www.wsj.com/articles/weaker-investment-income-stings-insurers-results-1462396729?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/weaker-investment-income-stings-insurers-results-1462396729?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Operating profits decline at MetLife, Prudential, Allstate and Lincoln Financial, while Chubb logs an increase.

### [Why Cleveland and Philly Might Want “Riot Insurance”](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-cleveland-and-philly-might-want-riot-insurance/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-cleveland-and-philly-might-want-riot-insurance/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Cleveland is hiring insurance broker Aon Risk Services to find the city a policy, which reportedly could cost as much as $10 million.

### [Citizens to Stop Insuring Homes Valued at $700,000 and Up](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-citizens-exempts-insuring-homes-worth-700k-or-more-20160504-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Sun Sentinel ](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-citizens-exempts-insuring-homes-worth-700k-or-more-20160504-story.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurance agents in South Floridea say private carriers are competing to cover homes in higher price ranges in Broward and Palm Beach counties.