News

Reinsurance News43m
HDI Global SE and Descartes Underwriting approved to offer parametric earthquake insurance in Japan
HDI Global SE’s Japan branch, part of Germany-based insurer Talanx AG, has been approved by the Japanese Financial Services ...
Quakes persist in Japan's southwest islands, delay evacuees' return
Over 60 residents from the islands of Akuseki and Kodakara in the Tokara chain have evacuated. They left in early July after ...
6.7 magnitude earthquake hits offshore eastern Indonesia
JAKARTA: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Monday off eastern Indonesia, the US Geological Survey said, but a monitor said there was no tsunami threat. The quake struck at 12:49 pm Western Indonesia ...
Ruling LDP member quits as upper house panel chief over gaffe
A senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker resigned Monday as head of the House of Councillors' powerful Budget ...
LDP committee chair to resign over ‘fortunate’ quake remark
Criticized from all sides, the chair of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Upper House Budget Committee decided to resign from the post for a remark that angered survivors of the deadly Noto ...
Nation Thailand4h
Japan rocked by 2,000-quake swarm as tropical cyclone threat intensifies
Japan’s Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture have been rattled by more than 2,000 earthquakes since June 21, marking the ...
The Cool Down on MSN13h
Scientists make fascinating discovery after studying earthquakes and tsunamis: 'Critical insights'
This tool gives coastal communities a science-based way to assess their disaster readiness. Scientists make fascinating discovery after studying earthquakes and tsunamis: 'Critical insights' first ...