March 13, 2015: Louisiana Citizens CEO Out, Insurance Rap and Bird Flu at Pandemic Tipping Point
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Predicting Which African Storms Will Intensify Into Hurricanes [http://phys.org/news/
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March 12, 2015: Value Investing With Catastrophe Bonds and Vanuatu Braces for Generational Storm
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Rapid Coastal Population Growth May Leave Many Exposed to Sea-Level Rise [http:
March 11, 2015: California Quake Risk Intensifies, Canadian Catastrophe Fund May Come Up Short and a Flash Flood Model Breakthrough
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Risk of 8.0 Earthquake in California Rises, USGS Says [http://www.
March 9, 2015: Florida Bans Climate Change (Except for Hurricanes and Floods), Hanover Suit Ready for Trial and the World's Riskiest Cities
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today In Florida, Officials Ban Term ‘Climate Change’ [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/
March 6, 2015: Isle of Man Launches ILS Framework, 54 Million at Risk of Flood
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today El Niño Finally Arrives But is Weaker Than Expected, Says US Agency
March 5, 2015: Scor Will Sit It Out and Modeling the Zombie Apocalypse (Insert Zombie ILS Joke Here)
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Modelling The Zombie Apocalypse: Head for the Hills [http://news.yahoo.com/
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When It Comes to Weather Losses, Persistence Is the Problem: Munich Re
Changes in the pattern of the jet stream are halting severe weather patterns for days, or even weeks, and increasing
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Florida Catastrophe Model Proposal Dialed Back
A proposal that would have allowed Florida property insurers to use multiple models when calculating a potential loss tied to
March 2, 2015: Buffett Love and Sandy Insurance Concerns Makes the Mainstream
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Research Shows Strong Correlation Between Quakes, Oil Activity [http://www.eenews.net/
Buffett Says Life Reinsurance Mistake Now a “Gem,” Commercial Push Will Become “Major Asset”
Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett spent a large portion of his 50th anniversary investor letter [http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/
Catastrophe Reinsurance “Permanently” Hobbled, Third Point Re Focuses Elsewhere
The catastrophe reinsurance market is not worth the cost of admission but there are opportunities elsewhere, according to executives at
February 27, 2015: Third Point is Disappointed, Insurers Ready to Wrap Tax Game and Influenza Is Becoming a Real Risk
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today NASA Satellites Show Rain in Detail Like Never Before [http://qz.com/
