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# September 29, 2014
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/september-29-2014/
- Published: 2014-09-29T07:08:04.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-29T08:06:01.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Offshore Wind Turbines Could Tame Hurricane](http://online.wsj.com/articles/offshore-wind-turbines-could-tame-hurricanes-1411937788?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [WSJ (subscription may be required)](http://online.wsj.com/articles/offshore-wind-turbines-could-tame-hurricanes-1411937788?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Arrays of offshore wind turbines might have cut Sandy’s peak winds in the New York area by two-thirds.

### [Southern Peru hit by Deadly Earthquake](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/09/southern-peru-hit-deadly-earthquake-201492955540379410.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Al Jazeera](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/09/southern-peru-hit-deadly-earthquake-201492955540379410.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Shallow 5.1 magnitude quake in village near Cuzco kills at least eight people and leaves more than 500 people homeless.

### [Volcanologists: With Few Telltale Signs, Mt. Ontakesan’s Eruption Hard to Predict](http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind%5Fnews/social%5Faffairs/AJ201409280022?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Asahi Simbun](http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind%5Fnews/social%5Faffairs/AJ201409280022?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Many of these volcano geologists say it was a phreatic eruption, a type providing few signs before the upheaval.

### [More Than 700 Earthquakes Swarm Mammoth Lakes: Map Tells the Story](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-700-earthquakes-swarm-mammoth-map-20140928-htmlstory.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-700-earthquakes-swarm-mammoth-map-20140928-htmlstory.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Mammoth Lakes continued to rumble Sunday with small earthquakes, but the swarm that has produced more than 700 temblors in the last four days appears to be bottoming out.

### [Hurricane Effect: A Big Case of ‘Burping’ Estuaries](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/09/28/5197106/hurricane-effect-a-big-case-of.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VCk7hb4oiYU)

#### [Charlotte Observer](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/09/28/5197106/hurricane-effect-a-big-case-of.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#.VCk7hb4oiYU)

Beyond the regular dangers that come with big seasonal storms, a new threat has emerged: “burping estuaries.”

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Deaths Mount From Japan Eruption as Volcano Smolders On](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-29/deaths-mount-from-japan-eruption-as-volcano-smolders-on?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-29/deaths-mount-from-japan-eruption-as-volcano-smolders-on?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Six employees of Tokyo-based insurer Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. are missing as well as three from Nissay Asset Management Corp.

### [Tide of Cheap Capital Lowers Cost of Terrorism Insurance](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ae8241f4-2f65-11e4-83e4-00144feabdc0.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3EcDdzJuF)

#### [Financial Times (subscription may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ae8241f4-2f65-11e4-83e4-00144feabdc0.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz3EcDdzJuF)

Terrorism insurance rates are languishing at low levels and look set to stay there, despite recent events in the Middle East and elsewhere.

### [Mexican Insurers Estimate Damage from Hurricane Odile at $224 M](http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/09/26/mexican-insurers-estimate-damage-from-hurricane-odile-at-224-mn/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Fox News Latino](http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/09/26/mexican-insurers-estimate-damage-from-hurricane-odile-at-224-mn/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Hurricane Odile caused an 3 billion pesos ($224 million) in damage when it slammed into the western state of Baja California Sur last week, Mexico’s AMIS insurers association said.

### [AIG Still Battling Over 2008 Bailout](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/aig-hank-greenberg-bailout-barney-frank-111403.html?hp=r1&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/aig-hank-greenberg-bailout-barney-frank-111403.html?hp=r1&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Every time American International Group seems to have put its massive 2008 taxpayer bailout in the rearview mirror, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg shows up looking to re-litigate the past.

### [Munich Re Targets New Insurance Niche with Hong Kong Regional Base](http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1603540/munich-re-targets-new-insurance-niche-hong-kong?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [South China Morning Post](http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1603540/munich-re-targets-new-insurance-niche-hong-kong?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Insurer sets up new regional underwriting operation as it shifts focus to underserved markets such as natural disasters.