Case Studies · Loss analysis

What earthquakes cost insurers — and what the models missed.

Historical earthquake loss analyses for risk and cat-modelling teams: economic and insured losses, the modelling gap that widened them, and what engineering-grade analysis would have revealed before the event.

Türkiye 2023 earthquakes loss analysis
Türkiye · 2023
The costliest quake of the year

~$34B damage, ~90% uninsured — two M7+ ruptures and the protection gap.

 Chile 2010 Maule earthquake loss analysis
Chile · 2010 · M8.8
A megathrust at full scale

~$30B economic, ~$8B insured — testing the models at giant magnitude.

 Mexico City 2017 earthquake loss analysis
Mexico City · 2017
Why the lakebed decided which fell

226 lives, $2.5B+ — soft-soil amplification and the modelling gap.