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- Earthquakes: Risk And Insurance Issues
- An earthquake is a sudden and rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth's surface. This shaking can sometimes trigger landslides, avalanches, flash floods, fires, and tsunamis. Unlike other natural disasters such as hurricanes, there are no specific seasons for earthquakes. Earthquakes...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Protect Your Home Against Earthquake Damage
- An earthquake puts people's home's structure to the test: it must absorb the earthquake's energy and provide a stable path to transfer these forces back into the ground. Their home is more likely to pass this test when it is properly tied together. That is, when the roof is attached...
- White papers 2002-10-28
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- Sanix Launches New Earthquake-proofing Retrofit System 'Earthquake-Resistant Power Plus'
- Tokyo, Japan, July 12, 2006 - JCN Newswire - The Home Sanitation Division of Sanix Incorporated (TSE: 4651) is pleased to bring to market a new earthquake-proofing retrofit system called 'Earthquake-Resistant Power Plus'. This system greatly enhances the earthquake resistance of detached wooden houses. 1. Trade Name of...
- Research articles 2006-07-12
- Earthquake mitigation is urged by Sen. Gore. (Albert Gore)
- Earthquake Mitigation Is Urged By Sen. Gore WASHINGTON--Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D- Tenn., strongly urged insurers to add an earthquake damage mitigation provision to the industry's Earthquake Project to pick up the support it needs in Congress. He rEarthquake Mitigation Is Urged...
- Research articles 1990-03-19
- Products & Services.(Risk Management Solutions Inc. partnered with China Earthquake Administration's Institute of Engineering Mechanics)(Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. introduced Premier Lawyers Professional Liability policy)(XL Insurance Amer
- RMS partners to create China earthquake model NEWARK, Calif.-Catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions Inc. is partnering with the China Earthquake Administration's Institute of Engineering Mechanics to produce a China earthquake risk model. RMS partners to create China earthquake model ...
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- California earthquake bonds slated for sale in early '97. (California Earthquake Authority)
- With the California Earthquake Authority expected to be operational by Dec. 1, Morgan Stanley, with co-underwriters Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs, are set to bring to market a $2 billion offering of earthquake bonds early next year. Assuming a 70 With the California...
- Research articles 1996-11-18
- Fake quakes help prepare for real ones. (MTS Systems Corp.'s earthquake simulators)
- MTS Systems Corp. is developing two earthquake simulators that generate information to help save lives and properties in the advent of a real earthquake. One system, an aboveground simulator, is a shaking table that exposes objects to earthquake-like shocMTS Systems Corp. is developing two earthquake simulators that generate information to...
- Research articles 1994-10-01
- Earthquake Authority Monitors Parkfield Earthquake
- SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Earthquake Authority is monitoring events in Central California following Tuesday's 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near Parkfield at 10:15 a.m. PDT. The CEA Earthquake Response Manager is coordinating with participating insurance company claims representatives to determine what damage, if any, might have occurred to residential...
- Research articles 2004-09-28
- RMS releases preliminary estimates of ground shaking intensities for Kobe, Japan earthquake
- MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 18, 1995--Risk Management Solutions Inc. has released preliminary estimates of the severity of ground shaking from the January 17 earthquake in Kobe, Japan.Software simulations of the specific characteristics of the earthquake indicate the levels of ground shaking from this event exceeded those experienced in the Northridge...
- Research articles 1995-01-18
- RMS releases preliminary estimates of ground shaking intensities for Kobe, Japan earthquake
- MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 19, 1995--Risk Management Solutions Inc. has released preliminary estimates of the severity of ground shaking from the January 17 earthquake in Kobe, Japan.Software simulations of the specific characteristics of the earthquake indicate the levels of ground shaking from this event exceeded those experienced in the Northridge...
- Research articles 1995-01-19
- Quackenbush & Industry Plan To Create Government Earthquake Insurance Entity Even Worse For Consumers And State Than Previously Thought, Reveals New Analysis of Commissioner's Report; Consumers May Pay Up To Three Times More For Earthquake Insurance P
- Department of Insurance reports that a new law allowing insurers to sell a "no-frills" homeowners earthquake policy would cut their future earthquake liability by a whopping 50 percent, Commissioner Quackenbush and California's biggest insurers continue to push for a state-run earthquake insurance company that would shift much of the earthquake...
- Research articles 1996-02-06
- Earthquake Family and Preparedness Week is April 19-25; Take Earthquake Preparedness Actions and Also Be Prepared for Y2K
- SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 16, 1999-- Governor's Office of Emergency Services OES is encouraging families and neighborhoods to learn what to do before, during and after an earthquake. The third week during April is Family and Neighborhood Preparedness Week of the California Earthquake Preparedness Month. "Understanding basic earthquake...
- Research articles 1999-04-19
- Computer firm gears up for EQ insurance plan. (Computer Sciences Corp., California's Residential Earthquake Recovery Fund) (California & The Western States Supplement)
- Computer Firm Gears Up For EQ Insurance Plan A computer firm with broad experience adjusting disaster losses with administer the new earthquake insurance program going into effect next Jan. 1 in California. The Residential Earthquake Recovery FundComputer Firm Gears Up For EQ...
- Research articles 1991-10-07
- California earthquake rocks insurers. (San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake, 1989)
- California Earthquake Rocks Insurers Insurers are shifting their focus from the devastation of Hurricane Hugo to the death and destruction in Northern California as they marshal their forces to help policy-holders recover from a major earthquake whiCalifornia Earthquake Rocks Insurers Insurers...
- Research articles 1989-10-23
- FEMA issues high rise earthquake policy guide. (Capitol Beat).
- Recently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the findings and recommendations of a six-year project examining the problem of earthquake damage to high-ripe buildings. Following 1994's North ridge earthquake, building damage inspectors Recently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the findings and recommendations of...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- CEA Approves Earthquake Adjusting, Repair Research.
- New guidelines for adjusting earthquake insurance claims and improved repairs to damaged homes are the goals of a $300,000 research project approved by the California Earthquake Authority. New guidelines for adjusting earthquake insurance claims and improved repairs to damaged homes are the goals...
- Research articles 2000-08-01
- CEA gets a boost from familiar faces. (California Earthquake Authority)
- The California Earthquake Authority now is providing earthquake insurance to homeowners in the state, having met its goals for capitalization and support from homeowners' insurers. While the facility is designed to take over most homeowners' earthquakThe California Earthquake Authority now is providing earthquake insurance to...
- Research articles 1996-12-09
- CEA law prompts Allstate to write again in Calif.(California Earthquake Authority)
- Allstate Ins. Co. plans to start writing homeowners insurance again in earthquake-prone California because of the recent signing of legislation that created the California Earthquake Authority, which helps homeowners buy property insurance in the sta Allstate Ins. Co. plans to start writing homeowners insurance again ...
- Research articles 1996-10-14
- EQ ins. fund: a headache for all. (California Residential Earthquake Recovery Fund) (California & The Western States)
- The same words that apply to earthquakes apply to California's earthquake insurance program: shaky, unpredictable, costly and a headache for everyone involved. Ask about the future of the 7-month-old California Residential Earthquake Recovery Fund The same words that apply to earthquakes apply to...
- Research articles 1992-08-03
- Earthquake debate shakes up Congress. (column)
- Earthquake Debate Shakes Up Congress Earthquake insurance was a hot topic at the annual government briefing of the Insurance Information Institute for representatives of member companies and major property and casualty insurer associations. At theEarthquake Debate Shakes Up Congress ...
- Research articles 1990-06-25
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