tsunami

For our latest updates read our article from the 15th March. As we did over the weekend, we’ll be updating this post throughout the day to bring you some of the latest updates on the situation in Japan after Friday’s terrible earthquake and tsunami. You can also find links to our previous coverage on this […]

We’ve performed some analysis on the catastrophe bond transactions which have exposure to Japanese earthquake risks to try to give our readers a better impression of the likelihood of any of them suffering a loss after Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami. It’s proved difficult, as some of the cat bond transactions have minimal information available […]

For our latest updates read our article from the 14th March. Here are some updates on the situation in Japan after the major earthquake and tsunami event which struck the country on Friday 11th March. Events are still unfolding and it is likely that much uncertainty will exist over the damage totals and effects of […]

A major earthquake, initially measured at 7.9 but now upgraded to a magnitude of 8.9 has struck off the northeast coast of Honshu island Japan. The epicentre was approximately 250 miles from Tokyo and at a depth of 20 miles. Severe shaking has been experienced in Tokyo and along the east coast and a tsunami […]