Insurance
A number of changes to policy and regulations have occurred at local, regional, state, and federal levels. Development of planning and policy in the earthquake field are vital fields to ensure engineering and technological advances find the funding and support they need.
Buildings are often only designed to a certain earthquake expectancy, insurance can be an effective method to mitigate against more extreme events.
- Homeowner’s Insurance Guide to Natural Disasters
- Select Technologies and Capabilities to Improve Earthquake Resiliency in California
- Resilience of Critical Structures, Infrastructure, and Communities
- Loss-Reduction of a Federal Earthquake Insurance Program: Final Report Summary (FEMA 201)
- Loss-Reduction of a Federal Earthquake Insurance Program: Final Report (FEMA 200)
- Earthquake Insurance: A Public Policy Dilemma (FEMA 68)