All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 19 2012 // Government officials and Evansville residents soon will have access to a new set of maps detailing areas at greatest risk of damage from strong earthquakes that periodically shake southwestern Indiana.The maps will be...
Jan 17 2012 // Swiss Re’s new report – “Lessons from recent major earthquakes,” focuses on the most recent series of devastating quakes, which have caused extensive loss of life and injuries, along with widespread...
Jan 16 2012 // Down in the basement of Steve Jones’ southeast Huntsville home, just past the electrical workshop, is a door into an unfinished sub-basement.Here, on a concrete base on a rock outcropping, sits Jones’ latest...
Jan 13 2012 // Boos, applause and the occasional outburst marked a gathering of about 500 Ohio residents seeking explanations for a series of earthquakes that has hit their area since deep injection drilling came to town.At a news...
Jan 10 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has issued its “Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report,” which aggregates and analyses the natural disaster perils that...
Jan 9 2012 // A small earthquake rumbled in Alaska that was felt in several small communities north of Anchorage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.0 temblor struck shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday and was centered about...
Jan 9 2012 // In his first year as insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, John Doak was a busy man.Doak and the agency he leads had their hands full implementing reforms in the workers’ compensation system, dealing with a host of...
Jan 4 2012 // Insurance industry damage claims from natural disasters like the earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand reached a record $105 billion in 2011, Munich Re , the world’s biggest reinsurer, said on Wednesday.The cost to...
Jan 3 2012 // Shawnee County, Kan., commissioners have authorized the county’s insurance broker to look into the cost of earthquake insurance. The topic came up at a recent commission briefing on new quotes for property,...
Jan 3 2012 // A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck under the sea several hundred miles (kilometers) south of Japan on Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital, but officials said there was no danger of a...
Jan 3 2012 // Officials said they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity.The brine...
Dec 30 2011 // Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has examined the past year’s natural catastrophes, which it describes as “an unusually eventful year for the (re)insurance sector.” In addition to the ongoing financial...
Dec 20 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001, which is...
Dec 19 2011 // In his first year as insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, John Doak has been a busy man.Doak and the agency he leads have had their hands full implementing reforms in the workers’ compensation system, dealing with a...
Dec 19 2011 // Local and federal officials are telling Louisa County earthquake victims to not give up if they’ve been denied federal disaster assistance.Residents who registered for assistance due to the Aug. 23 earthquake can...
Dec 16 2011 // Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase the AMI insurance business for NZ$380 million (approximately A$288 million [US$287.96 million), enhancing its position as New...
Dec 15 2011 // On the 200th anniversary of the first tremors of the New Madrid earthquakes, which were several of the most powerful quakes the United States has ever experienced, an insurance industry-backed group is reminding consumers...
Dec 15 2011 // Swiss Re describes 2011 as the “year with the highest catastrophe-related economic losses in history, at $350 billion.” It could have been the most costly year ever for the insurance industry, if Japan had been...
Dec 6 2011 // Golden Bear Insurance Company will be the carrier for an online residential earthquake deductible buyback program from Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc. The admitted program, distributed through the Los Angeles-based program...
Dec 5 2011 // The White House has denied a request from the state of Oklahoma for individual assistance for those affected by a series of earthquakes in November.Gov. Mary Fallin said she’s disappointed and will consider other...