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]
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today UM’s New Research Tank Might Hold Key to Hurricane Forecasts [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article2684450.html] Miami Herald
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Typhoon No. 18 Kills 2, Forces Thousands to Evacuate [http://Municipalities in 15 prefectures issued landslide warnings during the storm.] Asahi Simbun
Four years after a tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, the legal battle over a catastrophe bond linked to its losses is likely over. But both investors and legal professionals agree
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding: Forthcoming Report on Encroaching Tides Signals a New Chapter for Many Coastal Communities [http://blog.ucsusa.
Florida has begun two year review of loss models in the hopes of pushing its insurance “privatization” measures for personal lines residential flood. Started this week and set to be
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Could Mount Fuji be the Next Japanese Volcano to Erupt? [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11133480/Could-Mount-
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Re is down over 8% in one month — and down nearly 3% during trading Wednesday — as the hedge fund manager continues to battle investment performance
Two investment managers with insurance-linked securities products gave presentations before the $33.7 billion Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) offering their solutions to the fund’s exploration of “alternative
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Phanfone to Target Japan Late Week [http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/phanfone-to-target-japan-late/34850531] Accuweather [http://www.
Decrying the high-cost of private reinsurance, a leader in North Carolina’s legislature will introduce legislation next year to create “$1 billion catastrophe fund” backed by bonds to act
Story updated with additional information regarding the fund in bold. Greenwich, Conn.-based AQR Investment Managment is planning to launch its first catastrophe fund offering, following up on its much
