Worst Taiwan Quake in 25 Years Kills at Least 9, With Hundreds Injured April 3, 2024 By Betty Hou, Chien-Hua Wan and Debby Wu Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century leveled dozens of buildings on the eastern side of the island, killing at...
The New Norm? Global Insured Losses for Nat Cats Keep Breaking Records: Swiss Re March 26, 2024 By L.S. Howard Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2023 totaled $108 billion, exceeding US$100 billion for the fourth consecutive year –...
Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Losses to Estimated $123B in 2023: Gallagher Re January 18, 2024 Non-peak (secondary) perils and record-setting weather and climate events drove global insured losses from natural catastrophes to an estimated $123...
AM Best: Japan Quake’s Effect on Insurers ‘Manageable; KCC Says Losses to Hit $6.4B January 5, 2024 By L.S. Howard The earnings impact on the major domestic non-life insurers of claims from the Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake in Japan is...
Japan Adds Rescuers as Death Toll From Jan. 1 Quake Rises to 64 January 3, 2024 By Isabel Reynolds and Takashi Nakamichi The death toll in the wake of the Jan. 1 earthquake off Japan’s northwest coast rose above 60 as the...
Turkey Earthquake Tops 2023 Insurance Industry Losses Outside US: CRESTA January 2, 2024 The largest non-US natural catastrophe in 2023 was the Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence in Turkey on Feb. 6, which generated an...
Update: Major Japan Quake Topples Buildings, Killing Nearly 50 People January 2, 2024 By Erica Yokoyama and Jon Herskovitz The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings in the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s northwest coast rose to...
China Earthquake Update: 137 People Killed, 12 Still Missing, 207,000 Homes Wrecked December 21, 2023 By Alessandro Diviggiano, Xiaoyu Yin and Liz Lee A dozen people were still missing on Thursday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Gansu province late Monday, and netizens...
Death Toll Climbs in China’s Worst Earthquake in Nearly a Decade December 20, 2023 By Bloomberg News The death toll from China’s worst earthquake since 2014 rose to more than 130 as the government sent a top...
Magnitude 6.2 Quake Kills More Than 100 in China’s Northwest December 19, 2023 By Bloomberg News Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for efforts to minimize casualties after an impoverished region in the northwest was hit by...