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California Earthquake Authority Invests in Resea...
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The overall insurance protection gap in the U.S. is large, and earthquake risk in California contributes the most to that gap. Between 2010-…
The Mw7.1 – 2019 Ridgecrest (California) Earthqu...
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The recent events that shook a relatively remote part of the Mojave Desert region of Eastern California provide an acute reminder of the major…
Will California be “Puerto Rico” or “New Orleans”?
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It is now exactly a quarter of a century, on January 17, 1994, since the last significant U.S. earthquake disaster. A previously unknown blind…
How Risk Selection in California Can Be Affected...
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There used to be several ways to ensure risk diversification in a California earthquake insurance portfolio. You could select risks on the…
The Three “Protection Gaps” (And the Role of Pro...
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The rallying cry has sounded — to “close the protection gap”, the difference between what is paid out by insurance and the total cost of some…
The HayWired Earthquake Scenario: An RMS View on...
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New findings into the effect of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake originating from the 74 mile-long (119 kilometer) Hayward Fault in the California…
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