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# November 17, 2016: Oklahoma Has Fewer But Stronger Quakes, New York Pushes Underwriting Change and China Schools Trump on Climate
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/november-17-2016-oklahoma-fewer-stronger-quakes-new-york-pushes-underwriting-change-china-schools-trump-climate/
- Published: 2016-11-17T07:00:04.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-17T07:00:04.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Oklahoma Earthquake Tally to Hit About 600](http://www.argusmedia.com/news/article/?id=1351303&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Argus](http://www.argusmedia.com/news/article/?id=1351303&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Oklahoma may end the year with as many as 600 earthquakes, about a third fewer than last year, but the magnitude of the tremors continues to grow.

### [China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-16/china-tells-trump-that-climate-change-is-no-hoax-it-invented?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-16/china-tells-trump-that-climate-change-is-no-hoax-it-invented?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

China couldn’t have invented global warming as a hoax to harm U.S. competitiveness because it was the U.S. that started climate negotiations, China’s Foreign Minister said.

### [New UW–Madison Project Funded by NOAA Could Improve Weather Forecasting](http://news.wisc.edu/new-uw-madison-project-funded-by-noaa-could-improve-weather-forecasting/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [University of Wisconsin News](http://news.wisc.edu/new-uw-madison-project-funded-by-noaa-could-improve-weather-forecasting/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The instrument, called Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer, measures temperature, water vapor and trace gases in the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere.

### [NASA to Launch Satellite-Based GNSS Hurricane Watch](http://www.insidegnss.com/node/5217?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Inside GNSS](http://www.insidegnss.com/node/5217?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Mission scientists will use data collected to calculate surface wind speeds, providing a better picture of a storm’s strength and intensity, and storm surge.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Car Insurance Firms Could Be Banned From Asking What You Do for a Living](http://www.wsj.com/articles/car-insurance-firms-could-be-banned-from-asking-what-you-do-for-a-living-1479308820?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Wall Street Journal (sub may be required)](http://www.wsj.com/articles/car-insurance-firms-could-be-banned-from-asking-what-you-do-for-a-living-1479308820?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The move has reopened a long debate about what data should be used in setting rates and what should be prohibited even if it is effective at identifying risks.

### [Why Greco Is Confident About Hitting Zurich Targets](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-11-17/why-greco-is-confident-about-hitting-zurich-targets?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg (Video)](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-11-17/why-greco-is-confident-about-hitting-zurich-targets?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Zurich Insurance Group AG will cut costs by $1.5 billion from 2015 through 2019 as Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco overhauls Switzerland’s largest insurer.

### [Storms Cause $70m Damage on Top of Earthquake Costs](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/storms-cause-70m-damage-on-top-of-earthquake-costs/news-story/cd03971bb8db8821a38537817572e237?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Australian](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/storms-cause-70m-damage-on-top-of-earthquake-costs/news-story/cd03971bb8db8821a38537817572e237?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Losses from wild storms last Friday are escalating quickly at a time local insurance companies with businesses in New Zealand brace for a deluge of claims after an earthquake.

### [Insurers Claim Capital Rules Are Harming Customers](https://www.ft.com/content/f1c9f3ea-abf9-11e6-9cb3-bb8207902122?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Financial Times (sub may be required)](https://www.ft.com/content/f1c9f3ea-abf9-11e6-9cb3-bb8207902122?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Industry body says regulation has reduced choice in the annuity market.