Category: Natural Events

08 Sep 2017

Strong Earthquake in Mexico

On 8 September 2017 at 4.49 UTC, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of ...

08 Sep 2017

Update: Hurricane Irma, Caribbean

Event Summary Hurricane Irma remains a catastrophic Category 5 storm despite slightly less strong wind speeds. ...

06 Sep 2017

Hurricane Irma, Caribbean

Hurricane Irma, located near Barbuda in the Lesser Antilles (Caribbean), is currently tracking west at ...

28 Aug 2017

Hurricane Harvey, Texas, USA – First Impressions

Event Summary “Harvey” made landfall as a category 4 hurricane between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor, ...

25 Aug 2017

Hurricane Harvey, Texas, USA

Harvey is a Category 2 hurricane currently in the Gulf of Mexico heading towards Texas, ...

15 Nov 2016

Earthquake in New Zealand

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck New Zealand's South Island on Sunday, 13 November at ...

31 Oct 2016

Earthquake in Italy

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 has occurred in the Apennine mountains on Sunday, 30 October ...

10 Oct 2016

Hurricane Matthew – First Impressions

Tropical storm Matthew formed near St. Lucia in the Antilles on 28 September, moved west ...

06 Oct 2016

Hurricane Matthew

At 5pm Zurich time, Hurricane Matthew was located just 40 km west of Nassau over ...

24 Aug 2016

Italy quake unlikely to trigger EUR 200m cat-bond default

Carolyn Cohn at Reuters talks to John Butler, Head of Investment Management at Twelve Capital, ...