March 2016

The details of what happened after the two bombings in Brussels on Tuesday morning are now well known, and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Liquefaction caused unprecedented losses in and around Christchurch, New Zealand, during major earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.

It is well known that there is no real typhoon season in the Pacific north of the equator and west of the Date Line—the Northwest Pacific basin. Unlike the North Atlantic, which has official start and end dates of June 1 and November 30, the Northwest Pacific basin is open for business all year round.

Five years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, but I remember it like it was yesterday.

Only a fraction of the total economic risk from natural disasters is covered by the insurance industry today.

Chennai is the biggest industrial and commercial center in southern India. The December floods had a major impact on the area’s industrial, commercial, and residential sectors, causing business interruption and damage to infrastructure, automobiles, buildings, and contents.