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Typhoon Haima Hits China; Earthquake Strikes Eastern Japan
AIR Worldwide issued two new weather event updates, covering Typhoon Haima in the Philippines and China and an earthquake in Japan. After wreaking havoc with heavy rains in northern Luzon and ...
PCS Unveils Historical Catastrophe Database for Turkey
Property Claim Services has gone live with a new historical catastrophe database for Turkey, an advance that the data analytics provider said will be helpful for both insurers and reinsurers. "The ...
6 U.S. Ports Are at Greatest Global Risk for High Natural Catastrophe Losses
Six U.S. ports are among 10 globally at biggest risk of high insurance losses stemming from earthquake, wind and storm-surge catastrophes, according to a new RMS analysis. The California-based ...
Death Toll in Massive Ecuador Quake Rises to 233
The death toll from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador has risen to 233, President Rafael Correa said a day after the quake on the South American country's northwest coast, one of the strongest in ...
Taiwan Quake Death Toll at 37; More Than 100 Still Missing
The number of confirmed deaths in a weekend earthquake in Taiwan edged up to 37, with the final toll estimated to be much higher as more than a hundred people were still reported missing. Efforts to ...
Southern Taiwan Hit by Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake; Damage Aggravated by Building Configuration: AIR
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Saturday, collapsing a 17-story residential block in Tainan City and killing at least 37 people. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR ...
AIR Worldwide Updates Earthquake Models for South America
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide announced that it has updated its earthquake models for South America to include liquefaction and tsunami risks, as well as to enable the analysis of high-value ...
New Madrid Earthquake Sequence Could Cost Insurers $150B: Swiss Re
A series of earthquakes similar to the New Madrid quakes of 1811/1812 could cost the insurance industry more than $150 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster to date, according to a new ...