> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # September 23, 2014 - URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/september-23-2014/ - Published: 2014-09-23T06:24:17.000Z - Updated: 2014-09-23T06:24:17.000Z - Author: Chris Westfall ## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today ### [Disruption is Needed After Disasters](http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/disruption-is-needed-after-disasters/article6435305.ece?homepage=true&ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Hindu Business Line](http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/disruption-is-needed-after-disasters/article6435305.ece?homepage=true&ref=riskmarketnews.com) Natural calamities can rupture the socio-economic status quo, as an anthropologist discovers in Gujarat. ### [Portland Will Still Be Cool, but Anchorage May Be the Place to Be](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/on-a-warmer-planet-which-cities-will-be-safest.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/science/on-a-warmer-planet-which-cities-will-be-safest.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com) On a warmer planet, which cities will be safest? ### [€5m Scheme to Protect Road and Rail Links From Extreme Weather](http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/5m-scheme-to-protect-road-and-rail-links-from-extreme-weather-30607218.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Irish Independent](http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/5m-scheme-to-protect-road-and-rail-links-from-extreme-weather-30607218.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com) Irish engineers are to lead a €5m research project to examine the impacts of extreme weather events on transport and energy infrastructure. ### [Mapping Could Help Stop Ebola’s Spread](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/mapping-could-help-stop-ebolas-spread/418375?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Directions Magazine](http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/mapping-could-help-stop-ebolas-spread/418375?ref=riskmarketnews.com) Whether it’s the Black Death of 1350 or the Ebola virus in West Africa, one thing deadly pandemics have in common is that their progress takes a geographical course. ### [Predicting Above Normal Wildfire Activity in Southern Europe as a Function of Meteorological Drought](http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/8/084008?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Environmental Research Letters](http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/8/084008?ref=riskmarketnews.com) Long lead time forecasts of wildfire are feasible in southern Europe, which could potentially aid decision-makers in the design of strategies for forest management. ## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today ### [Pension Funds Tender Corporate Bond, ILS Mandates with IPE-Quest](http://www.ipe.com/news/mandates/pension-funds-tender-corporate-bond-ils-mandates-with-ipe-quest/10003199.article?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Investment & Pensions Europe](http://www.ipe.com/news/mandates/pension-funds-tender-corporate-bond-ils-mandates-with-ipe-quest/10003199.article?ref=riskmarketnews.com) A Swiss pension fund is looking for a manager to oversee an $250 million insurance-linked securities portfolio. ### [Rising China Risk Excites Lloyds of London](http://www.financeasia.com/News/390545,rising-china-risk-excites-lloyd8217s-of-london.aspx?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Finance Asia](http://www.financeasia.com/News/390545,rising-china-risk-excites-lloyd8217s-of-london.aspx?ref=riskmarketnews.com) Lloyds estimates that China is underinsured by about $80 billion a year in premiums. ### [African Countries to Issue More than $1 Billion in Climate Change Bonds](http://www.cpifinancial.net/news/post/28377/african-countries-to-issue-more-than-1-billion-in-climate-change-bonds?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [CPI Financial](http://www.cpifinancial.net/news/post/28377/african-countries-to-issue-more-than-1-billion-in-climate-change-bonds?ref=riskmarketnews.com) African states will announce African Risk Capacity (ARC) Extreme Climate Facility, a multi-year funding mechanism that will issue climate change catastrophe bonds, in an attempt to access private capital to fund climate change adaption on the continent. ### [Ottawa May Spread Oil-by-Rail Insurance Burden, Mulls Special Fund](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-may-spread-oil-by-rail-insurance-burden-mulls-special-fund/article20733765/?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Globe & Mail ](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-may-spread-oil-by-rail-insurance-burden-mulls-special-fund/article20733765/?ref=riskmarketnews.com) The Canadian government is looking at extending the insurance burden for crude-by-rail disasters beyond just railways and is weighing the idea of a special fund similar to one once set up for maritime oil spills. ### [To Get People to Buy Insurance, Change How You Talk About Risk](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-22/to-get-people-to-buy-insurance-change-how-you-talk-about-risk?ref=riskmarketnews.com) #### [Bloomberg](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-22/to-get-people-to-buy-insurance-change-how-you-talk-about-risk?ref=riskmarketnews.com) The Napa Valley earthquake in August offered another instance of a well-known phenomenon: Homeowners are radically underinsured against natural disasters.