Europe insurance stress test shows ‘high’ nat cat resilience: EIOPA

European insurers showed “high resilience” to a series of natural catastrophes where European countries are hit in a quick succession of four windstorms, two floods, and two earthquakes, according to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).

This is a stress test of the US government

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/politics/trump-clinton-comey-stress-test/index.html

Washington (CNN)If you weren't taking President Donald Trump literally, you were wrong.

"Lock her up!" and "America First!" are more than just slogans. He's stress-testing the government for ways to punish his rival Hillary Clinton and absolving Saudi Arabia for the way its titular leader dispatched with one of his critics in exchange for their participation in the US arms market.

The tension between powers is what keeps the US government in balance, but as he does with everything, Trump has supercharged the stress.

Stress Test