Tag: earthquake insurance

Explore Seismic Resilience Issues at Two Upcoming Events

Damaged building, with collapsed brick facade and rubble on sidewalk.
Building damaged by the M5.7 Magna, Utah, earthquake on March 18, 2020.
Photo credit: earthquakes.utah.gov

This Thursday, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) will present a free webinar that offers an interdisciplinary overview of earthquake risk and resilience in Utah today: from the underlying seismology of the region, to current retrofit projects and engineering challenges, to the policy-making context and community planning for recovery.

Seismic Risk and Resilience in Utah webinar
Thursday, March 17, 2022
12:00-1:00 PM (PST)
Learn more and register

On Monday, March 28, CREW and our central-U.S. partner CUSEC, will present the national Mind the Gap earthquake insurance forum. This event is an opportunity for emergency managers, other disaster preparedness professionals, and disaster insurance experts to explore and discuss the issues and challenges involved in expanding the role of earthquake insurance in preparedness and post-earthquake recovery.

View the agenda and list of speakers on our forum information page and register. (This is a hybrid event, so you may attend in-person or virtually.)

If you missed Earthquake Country Alliance’s Accessibility Webinar last week, you can still view the recording of the webinar on their website.

CREW Presents a 3-Minute Video Illustrating How to Prepare Financially for an Earthquake

Cartoon drawings from the Insure Against Earthquakes video

CREW and our central-U.S. partner CUSEC consulted with preparedness and insurance experts to create this short (3-minute) video to help educate the public about earthquake insurance and financial preparedness.

You can view and share the video in English or Spanish on the Insure Against Earthquakes Vimeo channel. If you would like to download the video, please contact CREW at info@crew.org.

The video will soon be accessible on the Insure Against Earthquakes site, a new information hub that CREW is producing to provide easy access to information about earthquake insurance and outreach tools that can be used to promote awareness and preparedness actions.

And don’t forget to register for the Mind the Gap earthquake insurance forum on March 28. It’s an opportunity for emergency managers, other disaster preparedness professionals, and disaster insurance experts to explore and discuss the issues and challenges involved in expanding the role of earthquake insurance in preparedness and post-earthquake recovery.

Check out CREW’s other financial preparedness projects.