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4 June 2026Insurance

Sonic boom: insurers ignore earthquake loss blind spot

“Supershear” earthquakes accounted for as much as two-thirds of insured losses from major earthquakes over the past decade, yet are absent catastrophe models and building regulations, MS Amlin has warned. 

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