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Earthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the property. Most ordinary homeowners insurance policies do not cover earthquake damage. Most earthquake insurance policies feature a high deductible, which makes this type of insurance useful if the entire home is destroyed, but not useful if the home is merely damaged. Rates depend on location and the probability of an earthquake loss. Rates may be lower for homes made of wood, which withstand earthquakes better than homes made of brick.

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  • Earthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the property. Most ordinary homeowners insurance policies do not cover earthquake damage. Most earthquake insurance policies feature a high deductible, which makes this type of insurance useful if the entire home is destroyed, but not useful if the home is merely damaged. Rates depend on location and the probability of an earthquake loss. Rates may be lower for homes made of wood, which withstand earthquakes better than homes made of brick. In the past, earthquake loss was assessed using a collection of mass inventory data and was based mostly on experts' opinions. Today it is estimated using a Damage Ratio (DR), a ratio of the earthquake damage money amount to the total value of a building. Another method is the use of HAZUS, a computerized procedure for loss estimation. As with flood insurance or insurance on damage from a hurricane or other large-scale disasters, insurance companies must be careful when assigning this type of insurance, because an earthquake strong enough to destroy one home will probably destroy dozens of homes in the same area. If one company has written insurance policies on numerous homes in a particular city, then a devastating earthquake will quickly drain all the company's resources. Insurance companies devote much study and effort toward risk management to avoid such cases. In the United States, insurance companies stop selling coverage for a few weeks after a sizeable earthquake has occurred. This is because damaging aftershocks can occur after the initial quake, and rarely, it may be foreshock. Although aftershocks are smaller in magnitude, they deviate from the original epicenter. If an aftershock is significantly closer to a populated area, it can cause much more damage than the initial quake. One such example is the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand which killed 185 people following a much larger and more distant quake with no fatalities at all. (en)
  • 地震保険(じしんほけん)は、損害保険の一種で地震・噴火・津波による災害で発生した損失を補償する保険。 政府と民間損害保険会社が共同運営する保険で世界的にも珍しく1966年6月1日に発売された。民間の損害保険会社は地震保険を火災保険にセットして販売する。地震保険は単独では加入できない。また火災共済などの商品にはセットできない。地震・噴火・津波による被害規模が大きくなることから、たとえ国が再保険を引き受けることが可能でも限度があり、地震保険の保険金額は、火災保険の保険金額の30%から50%の範囲内で加入することができる。 なお、近年、単独で加入できる地震補償保険という名称の保険商品もあるが、民間保険会社の独自設計のものであり、地震保険に関する法律の対象外であるため、これを地震保険と呼ぶのは厳密には誤りである。 この項目では特に断りのない限り、「地震保険に関する法律」で定められた固有名詞としての���地震保険」について記述する。 (ja)
  • 지진보험(Earthquake insurance)은 지진등의 재해로 발생한 손실을 보상하는 보험이다. (ko)
  • 地震險是一種財產保險形式,是指保戶可以在地震還沒發生前,向保險公司投保此一險種,以避免或減低因地震而導致的損失。 (zh)
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  • 地震保険(じしんほけん)は、損害保険の一種で地震・噴火・津波による災害で発生した損失を補償する保険。 政府と民間損害保険会社が共同運営する保険で世界的にも珍しく1966年6月1日に発売された。民間の損害保険会社は地震保険を火災保険にセットして販売する。地震保険は単独では加入できない。また火災共済などの商品にはセットできない。地震・噴火・津波による被害規模が大きくなることから、たとえ国が再保険を引き受けることが可能でも限度があり、地震保険の保険金額は、火災保険の保険金額の30%から50%の範囲内で加入することができる。 なお、近年、単独で加入できる地震補償保険という名称の保険商品もあるが、民間保険会社の独自設計のものであり、地震保険に関する法律の対象外であるため、これを地震保険と呼ぶのは厳密には誤りである。 この項目では特に断りのない限り、「地震保険に関する法律」で定められた固有名詞としての「地震保険」について記述する。 (ja)
  • 지진보험(Earthquake insurance)은 지진등의 재해로 발생한 손실을 보상하는 보험이다. (ko)
  • 地震險是一種財產保險形式,是指保戶可以在地震還沒發生前,向保險公司投保此一險種,以避免或減低因地震而導致的損失。 (zh)
  • Earthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the property. Most ordinary homeowners insurance policies do not cover earthquake damage. Most earthquake insurance policies feature a high deductible, which makes this type of insurance useful if the entire home is destroyed, but not useful if the home is merely damaged. Rates depend on location and the probability of an earthquake loss. Rates may be lower for homes made of wood, which withstand earthquakes better than homes made of brick. (en)
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  • Earthquake insurance (en)
  • 지진보험 (ko)
  • 地震保険 (ja)
  • 地震險 (zh)
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