Investigators to Review ‘Entire History’ of Pittsburgh Bridge That Collapsed February 1, 2022 Federal investigators on Saturday vowed to put a collapsed bridge in a Pittsburgh park “under a microscope” as they examine...
Contractor Fraud Leaves Some Rebuilding Five Years After Sandy November 1, 2017 By Shawn Marsh After Superstorm Sandy flooded the first floor of his New Jersey home with 4 feet of water, Rich Bindell shelled...
Nearly 6.9 Million US Homes at Risk of Hurricane Storm Surge Damage June 6, 2017 By Tom Jeffery, Senior Hazard Scientist This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Total Reconstruction Cost Value is More Than $1.5 Trillion It’s...
Identifying True Insurance Needs Based on Realistic Rebuilding Costs July 11, 2016 This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Because the reconstruction cost to rebuild a home is generally...
Reconstruction of Quake-Damaged Heritage Sites Begins in Nepal April 26, 2016 Nepal’s prime minister announced this week the start of reconstruction of key heritage sites in and around the capital that...
Rebuild of Storm-Collapsed Facility in South Dakota Funded by Insurance October 13, 2014 City leaders in Spearfish, S.D., have approved the construction of a $5.8 million facility to replace a city-owned call center...
N.J. Senator Urges Officials to Speed Up Sandy Rebuilding Aid Distribution March 14, 2014 Government officials must speed the way home rebuilding aid is getting to thousands of New Jersey victims of Superstorm Sandy,...
‘Parametric’ Covers Central to Insure Public Entities Says Cooper Gay Exec November 1, 2011 Despite the ever increasing severity and frequency of natural catastrophes, “insuring public entities in affected countries is becoming simpler due...
Japan Govt. Estimates Quake, Tsunami Damages at $185 to $308 Billion March 23, 2011 By Kaori Kaneko and Leika Kihara The Japanese government on Wednesday estimated the direct damage from a deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck the country’s northeast...
Japan Recovery and Reconstruction Cost ‘at Least $180 Billion’ March 15, 2011 By Natsuko Waki Quake-hit Japan faces a recovery and reconstruction bill of at least $180 billion, or 3 percent of its annual economic...