Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - The Great East Japan Earthquake : lessons learned, 10 years on

MAP20210008849

The Great East Japan Earthquake : lessons learned, 10 years on / Lucia Bevere. — Zurich : Swiss Re Institute, 2021

2 p. . — (Economic insights ; Issue 5/2021)

Sumario: The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and ensuing tsunami took more than 18 000 lives and wreaked untold damage. The experience has led to a strengthening of what were Japan's already-high standards of disaster mitigation. Insurers too have rethought their risk assessment models, specifically to better factor in perils like tsunami. Nevertheless, a seismic protection gap of USD 25 billion points to a still-large loss potential facing Japan

1. Terremotos . 2. Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios . 3. Tsunamis . 4. Mercado de seguros . 5. Catástrofes naturales . 6. Costes económicos . 7. Costes humanos . 8. Japón . I. Swiss Re Institute . II. Economic insight . III. Title.