All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2013 // Earthquakes never occur when needed so a team led by Johns Hopkins structural engineers is shaking up a building themselves in the name of science and safety.Using massive moving platforms and an array of sensors and...
Aug 1 2013 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has issued it latest report – The Insurance-Linked Securities Second Quarter 2013 Update...
Jul 24 2013 // The Oklahoma Geological Survey has begun work on plans to reduce the risk of oil-field work involving injection wells that some believe may be causing earthquakes.The Tulsa World reported that a summary report said the...
Jul 23 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has issued a report on the M6.5 earthquake that struck New Zealand’s Cook Strait, 54 km SSW of the capital city of Wellington, at a depth of 14 km [app. 8.7 miles] on July 21,...
Jul 23 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has released its analysis of the damages suffered by rural communities in northwest China’s Gansu province from the “devastating earthquake on July 21 at 23:45:56 UTC...
Jul 22 2013 // An earthquake in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu killed at least 56 people and injured 392, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.The 6.6-magnitude quake struck at 7:45 a.m. local time in the city of Dingxi,...
Jun 24 2013 // Nevada seismologists and emergency managers say they’re monitoring an earthquake swarm in Carson City that has the potential to result in a major temblor.But officials from the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the...
Jun 18 2013 // San Diego, CA, 06/18/13 – American Claims Management Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator (TPA), is pleased to announce that it has been appointed as the TPA for a new residential earthquake claim program for...
May 31 2013 // According to EQECAT’s CatWatch on two moderate sized earthquakes in California this week there should be little to no damage is expected.Two moderate sized earthquakes were felt in California: a magnitude 5.7 in...
May 23 2013 // The purpose of modeling is to anticipate the likelihood and severity of catastrophes so that companies can prepare for their financial impact — before they occur.The evidence suggests that, for the most part,...
May 17 2013 // Economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50 percent higher than previous international estimates, according to a U.N. report.The U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction...
May 8 2013 // Parts of the U.S. suffered severe hail and flooding damage during April, although there were fewer tornadoes than expected.Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model center at Aon Benfield, released its monthly Global...
May 7 2013 // PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has extended its market coverage to include Italy, and will provide data for both earthquake and flood perils with...
May 6 2013 // Renewal of the Terrorism and Risk Insurance Act was a much talked about topic at the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference, a four-day event in Los Angeles, Calif. in late April that included panels...
May 6 2013 // 1863 The first policy was one half-interest in 1,000 kegs of Boston syrup. The premium was $12 cash in advance.1871 Great Chicago Fire – Fireman’s Fund paid all claims even though its losses exceeded its...
May 6 2013 // Each year businesses and individuals are impacted by disasters. However, a disaster does not have to be widespread to paralyze an agency. Every business (including your clients) should have a Disaster Preparation and...
Apr 25 2013 // The University of Nevada’s world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts of buildings more earthquake proof.Engineers at the school’s...
Apr 24 2013 // The Swiss Re Foundation and the GEM Foundation announced a “three-year collaborative project to create the first-ever comprehensive picture of seismic risk in Latin America to incorporate social and economic...
Apr 23 2013 // More annoying than threatening, tiny tremors are shaking portions of central Oklahoma with increasing frequency – rattling homes, knocking things over and interrupting sleep.“I feel them every time,” said...
Apr 23 2013 // “The growing threat of natural catastrophes is raising serious challenges for corporate risk managers and the insurance industry,” according to the second issue of Resilience magazine, the risk management...