All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 1 2001 // This month, Applied Insurance Research Inc., a Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm, will be offering free seminars in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco to demonstrate a new site-specific risk assessment capability...
Jan 17 2001 // As the California Earthquake Authority continues its strategic planning process, its most recent step was to select Paratus Consulting, a newly founded San Francisco-based consultancy, as its financial modeler. Paratus...
Jan 17 2001 // Exactly seven years ago to the day, America experienced its most costly insurance disaster as the Northridge earthquake rumbled through California, killing 60 people and destroying or damaging thousands of homes,...
Jan 4 2001 // A class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against 21st Century Insurance Co. on behalf of policyholders who filed timely property damage claims stemming from the 1994 Northridge earthquake but whose claims were mishandled,...
Dec 5 2000 // San Diego-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced that Steve Bouker joined the company as senior vice president of the newly formed Residential Earthquake Division. Bouker, who was previously with Pacific...
Nov 23 2000 // AGF/IART, a unit of AGF the French arm of Germany’s Allianz, will issue natural catastrophe securities covering windstorm damages in France and earthquake risks in Europe through Mediterranean Re, a special purpose...
Nov 17 2000 // Menlo Park based, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and its Japanese partner OYO Corporation announced that their joint venture, OYO RMS, has completed “a detailed natural hazard risk analysis for the National Mutual...
Oct 31 2000 // Treasurer Phil Angelides has indicated recently that he has some concerns about the stability of the California Earthquake Authority.He made his fears public Oct. 26, sending out a letter to lawmakers calling for a serious...
Oct 10 2000 // While the earthquake which struck Western Japan last week was very strong, measuring 7.3 on the Japanese Meteorological Agency scale, it was extremely deep, and the epicenter was far from a major population center –...
Oct 6 2000 // An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale jolted southwestern Japan in the early afternoon Friday, but early reports indicate it caused only moderate damage. According to the BBC, the quake, which lasted about 40...
Oct 2 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California. But quakes are not a problem for just the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of the...
Sep 21 2000 // According to the first national survey of earthquake risks, 75 percent of all losses are expected to occur in California–but quakes are not just a problem for the Golden State, as the study shows that other areas of...
Sep 13 2000 // Acting Insurance Commissioner J. Clark Kelso announced the award of 429 new earthquake retrofit grants to low- to moderate-income California homeowners in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Bernadino, San Mateo and...
Sep 11 2000 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently added a new link to its website, www.insurance.ca.gov, to help people affected by the Youngville/Napa earthquake. The advisory provides links to the California Office...
Aug 14 2000 // A report by the Associated Press reveals increasing concern in Japan that “a big one” may occur at any time, and could reach or exceed the level of the 1923 earthquake which killed over 100,000 people in Tokyo...
Jul 10 2000 // California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush resigned June 28 after months of accusations that he used millions of dollars from an earthquake fund established by his office to further his political career. He was to...
Jul 10 2000 // The turbulent drama surrounding California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush reached a climax on June 28 with the Commissioner’s resignation from office. As the dust settles, IJ looks back at the major events...
Jul 7 2000 // On July 5, the Assembly Insurance Committee failed to pass Senate Bill 1925. In its original form, the bill would have required insurers to provide earthquake insurance to policyholders at any time, even if they recently...
Jun 30 2000 // The turbulent drama surrounding California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush reached a climax on June 28 with the Commissioner’s resignation from office. As the dust settles, IJ looks back at the major events...
Jun 29 2000 // California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush resigned Wednesday after months of accusations that he used millions of dollars from an earthquake fund established by his office to further his political career. He was...