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# October 14, 2014
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/october-14-2014/
- Published: 2014-10-14T06:47:03.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-14T06:47:20.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Science Could Inform UN’s Loss and Damage Mechanism](http://www.scidev.net/global/science-diplomacy/news/un-loss-damage-mechanism.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [SciDevNet](http://www.scidev.net/global/science-diplomacy/news/un-loss-damage-mechanism.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A range of improvements in climate modeling means that scientists can say with an increasing certainty if and how extreme weather at specific locations is affected by climate change.

### [Powerful Earthquake Strikes off El Salvador, One Dead](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-earthquake-el-salvador-idUSKCN0I308P20141014?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-earthquake-el-salvador-idUSKCN0I308P20141014?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

El Salvador’s emergency services said a dozen homes in the department of Usulutan had been slightly damaged.

### [Hurricane Watch Issued for Puerto Rico as Gonzalo Nears](http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/10/13/tropical-storm-gonzalo-hurricane-watch-puerto-rico/17195029/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/10/13/tropical-storm-gonzalo-hurricane-watch-puerto-rico/17195029/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

It is the seventh named storm of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season.

### [Pentagon Warns Climate Change Will Intensify Conflict](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-14/pentagon-warns-climate-change-will-intensify-conflict.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-14/pentagon-warns-climate-change-will-intensify-conflict.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Natural disasters from climate change will intensify global instability, disease, poverty and conflict, according to the U.S. Defense Department.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [San Francisco Quake Risk Rises Amid Dearth of Insurance](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-13/san-francisco-quake-risk-rises-amid-dearth-of-insurance.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-13/san-francisco-quake-risk-rises-amid-dearth-of-insurance.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A worst-case, magnitude 7.9 earthquake could cause losses of more than $200 billion.

### [Ten Challenges for Global Insurance Regulation](http://forumblog.org/2014/10/regulations-global-insurance-industry-systemic-risk/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Global Economic Forum](http://forumblog.org/2014/10/regulations-global-insurance-industry-systemic-risk/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The Financial Stability Board has completed its framework for the regulation of systemically important banks , and is now turning to the insurance industry.

### [G20 Watchdog Toughens Up New Rule for Securities Financing](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/uk-g20-markets-regulations-idUSKCN0I30IO20141014?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/uk-g20-markets-regulations-idUSKCN0I30IO20141014?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Global regulators are making it more expensive for hedge funds and insurance companies to raise money from loaning shares.

### [What About Ebola’s Impact on Insurers?](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-about-ebolas-impact-on-insurers/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Moneywatch](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-about-ebolas-impact-on-insurers/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

What about health care and life insurance costs if the disease were to become widespread in the U.S.?