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2024
November
Loma Prieta Earthquake: Is California More Vulne...
Simone Puel
Simone Puel November 11, 2024

On Tuesday, October 17, 1989, the Mw 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck along an oblique-reverse fault, possibly connected to the San Andreas…

2023
October
California Earthquake Authority Invests in Resea...
Renee Lee
Renee Lee October 04, 2023

The overall insurance protection gap in the U.S. is large, and earthquake risk in California contributes the most to that gap. Between 2010-…

2019
July
The Mw7.1 – 2019 Ridgecrest (California) Earthqu...
Marleen Nyst
Marleen Nyst July 29, 2019

The recent events that shook a relatively remote part of the Mojave Desert region of Eastern California provide an acute reminder of the major…

January
Will California be “Puerto Rico” or “New Orleans”?
Robert Muir-Wood
Robert Muir-Wood January 17, 2019

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…

2018
September
How Risk Selection in California Can Be Affected...
Delphine Fitzenz
Delphine Fitzenz September 27, 2018

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...
Robert Muir-Wood
Robert Muir-Wood September 07, 2018

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…

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