Munich Re has released its analytical report on the natural catastrophes that occurred in 2008, which the reinsurer describes as,...
Earthquakes News
The high frequency and severity of Atlantic hurricanes in 2008, coupled with other weather-related and man-made losses, placed the year...
The deadly magnitude-6.6 San Simeon earthquake five years ago is still rocking the Central Coast economy. The quake struck the...
University of South Carolina geographers have produced a map of natural-hazard mortality in the United States. The map, featured in...
A weak earthquake shook parts of the South Carolina coast Tuesday, tipping over people’s Christmas trees, knocking pictures off walls...
International insurance watchdogs are working on a system to help safeguard reinsurers’ stability when they are hit by major catastrophes...
According to initial estimates from the forthcoming Swiss Re sigma study on catastrophes, more than 238,000 people lost their lives...
The California Earthquake Authority Governing Board today approved a team of reinsurance intermediaries to work on the CEA’s behalf to...
AIR Worldwide Corporation announced that it has updated its probabilistic catastrophe risk models for Japan. AIR said the “enhanced models...
Despite the challenges faced by the state of Louisiana since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita wrought their havoc in 2005, there...