Tokyo Jolted by Strongest Earthquake Since 2011, With Injuries Reported October 8, 2021 A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near Tokyo late Thursday, rattling parts of the capital the most since the March 2011...
$1B Insurance Price Tag for U.S. Severe Weather in March (and Other Global Events): Aon April 12, 2021 Multiple U.S. severe weather outbreaks, including tornadoes, hail, and flooding, resulted in losses of more than $1 billion for public...
A U.S. Storm that Will Break Insurance Records – and Other February Storms, Quakes March 15, 2021 February saw a spate of winter storms in the United States, including the period from Feb. 12-20, which will become...
Japan Quakes to Cost Insurance Industry $2B-$3B Annually: Karen Clark & Co. August 30, 2019 For insurers and reinsurers, the 1995 Kobe earthquake produced $3 billion in insured property losses, but a repeat of a...
Tsunami-Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Begins Fuel Removal in Melted Reactor April 18, 2019 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant began removing fuel Monday [April 15] from a cooling pool at one...
Insurance Covered $90B of Natural Disaster Losses in 2018, Leaving 60% Protection Gap January 22, 2019 The economic costs of last year’s 394 natural catastrophe events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of...
California Wildfires, Hurricane Michael Top List of 2018’s Costliest Natural Disasters: Munich Re January 8, 2019 By L.S. Howard The costliest natural catastrophes occurred in the United States in 2018 with one of California’s devastating wildfires and Hurricane Michael...
Natural Disasters in September Bring Costliest Damages to Date for 2018: Aon Report October 11, 2018 Hurricane, flood, and earthquake damages made September the costliest month for natural catastrophes in 2018, according to a report from...
Rescues, Power Restoration Underway on Japan’s Northern Island Hit by Quake September 6, 2018 By Stephen Stapczynski, Shoko Oda, Kazunori Takada and Gearoid Reidy Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido began to restore power after a strong earthquake overnight knocked out electricity throughout the entire...
Earthquake Hits Japan’s Industrial Heartland, Causing 3 Deaths; Trains, Factories Halted June 18, 2018 By Kazunori Takada and Gearoid Reidy Three people were confirmed dead and almost 100 injured after a strong earthquake hit Osaka on Monday morning, rattling one...