Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is raising the deductible on its earthquake coverage because of the risk of major losses from...
Earthquakes News
Guy Carpenter greeted the new year with the publication of “Near Misses, Plentiful Reminders: Global Reinsurance Review January 2008,” which...
A powerful earthquake that rocked the eastern Caribbean last month has for the first time triggered use of an insurance...
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii has sued one of its insurance carriers for denying...
Maryland’s Howard County has pulled the plug on its earthquake hotline. County Fire Department Captain Ryan Miller says the county...
The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the...
While 2007 was a surprisingly calm year for hurricanes, that doesn’t mean Mother Nature didn’t have a tantrum or two....
Munich Re’s loss figures for 2007 from natural catastrophes concludes that “despite the general absence of extreme events, overall economic...
While winter storms do not attract the attention of mega-catastrophes such as hurricanes and earthquakes, these smaller events can add...
Boston-based AIR Worldwide has issued a bulletin indicating that insured losses from a recent strong earthquake in New Zealand “are...