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Insurers underestimating risk of ‘supershear’ quakes

MS Amlin study finds destructive supershear ruptures are behind two thirds of insured earthquakes losses, yet are excluded from catastrophe models

RISK modelling firms, insurers and policymakers are underestimating the danger from certain kinds of earthquakes, according to new research from MS Amlin.

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