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...
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...
Natural Disasters Cost Global Economy $32B in Q1, With Only $14B Insured: Aon April 18, 2022 By L.S. Howard Preliminary economic losses from natural hazards billion during the first quarter of 2022 totaled $32, of which less than 50%...
Japan’s Powerful Earthquake Estimated to Cost Insurers $2 Billion-$4 Billion: Verisk March 24, 2022 The powerful earthquake that jolted Japan’s northeast coast last week is expected to cause insured property losses between $2 billion...
Update: Japan Warns of Blackouts After Earthquake Causes Major Power Shortage March 22, 2022 By Yuka Obayashi and Kantaro Komiya Japanese turned off neon signs, dimmed their lights and dialed down thermostats on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent...
Update: Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Hits Near Japan’s Fukushima March 16, 2022 By Shoko Oda, Kana Nishizawa and Gearoid Reidy A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck northern Japan near Fukushima prefecture late on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring dozens, as well...
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...