Latest Earthquake Headlines
All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla., Ga., Ala. Shaken But Not Damaged By Gulf of Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11 2006 // The United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center, reported that a strong earthquake occurred about 250 miles (405 km) south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida at 10:56 am EDT, Sept. 10 2006. This...
120 Years Ago, Earthquake Shook S.C., Killing 100
Sep 10 2006 // It was the biggest natural disaster in South Carolina before Hurricane Hugo. On Sept. 8, the 120th anniversary of the Charleston earthquake passed quietly. The magnitude 7.3 earthquake on Aug. 31, 1886, killed more than...
Allstate drops Alaska earthquake coverage
Sep 4 2006 // Nearly 7,000 Alaskans will lose their earthquake insurance as their policies come up for renewal. Allstate Insurance Co. is cutting its optional earthquake coverage nationwide, and will drop this plan as policies come up...
The Commissioners
Sep 4 2006 // Oregon’s Experience: Addressing credit scores, health care and disclosure Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson at a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Here are additional...
News Currents
Sep 4 2006 // Allstate drops Alaska earthquake coverage Nearly 7,000 Alaskans will lose their earthquake insurance as their policies come up for renewal. Allstate Insurance Co. is cutting its optional earthquake coverage nationwide, and...
Joel Ario, Oregon, Insurance Administrator
Sep 4 2006 // When looking at credit scoring, the affordability and availability of health care, or even the construction liability market, states often are better-equipped than the federal government to address the issues, according to...
Arkansas’ Bowman Keeps Eye on Earthquake Market
Aug 30 2006 // Like insurance commissioners in other states, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman, is keeping an eye on catastrophe issues and the availability of insurance related to them. Unlike commissioners in...
FM Global Places $300 Million Pacific Northwest Earthquake Cat Bond
Aug 29 2006 // Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global announced the private placement of a second US$300 million catastrophe bond to protect against the consequences of unusual earthquake activity in the Pacific Northwest...
Allstate Drops Alaska Earthquake Coverage
Aug 18 2006 // Nearly 7,000 Alaskans will lose their earthquake insurance as their policies come up for renewal in the coming months. Allstate Insurance Co. is cutting its optional earthquake coverage nationwide, and will drop this plan...
Julie Benafield Bowman
Aug 7 2006 // Like insurance commissioners in other states, Arkansas Insurance Commis-sioner Julie Benafield Bowman, is keeping an eye on catastrophe issues and the availability of insurance related to them. Unlike commissioners in...
Julie Benafield Bowman, Arkansas, Commissioner of Insurance
Aug 7 2006 // Like insurance commissioners in other states, Arkansas Insurance Commis-sioner Julie Benafield Bowman, is keeping an eye on catastrophe issues and the availability of insurance related to them. Unlike commissioners in...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt, president of James...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Witt pointed out that as he looks across Florida, the Gulf coast states and America, he has recently seen more devastating events than have ever been witnessed in the history of the nation. He said that in today’s...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt,...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, then all of a...
California earthquake insurance rates decreasing
Jul 3 2006 // California earthquake insurance policies issued by the California Earthquake Authority will see rate decreases by an average of 22.1 percent. Approximately 85 percent of CEA policyholders will see their rates reduced...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // California earthquake insurance rates decreasing California earthquake insurance policies issued by the California Earthquake Authority will see rate decreases by an average of 22.1 percent. Approximately 85 percent of CEA...
