Earthquake Coverage Decoded

Instructor

UIE

Phone

(253) 846-1155

Email

mail@uiece.com

Earthquake Coverage Decoded provides insurance professionals with a focused exploration of earthquake risk management, with an emphasis on protecting commercial property owners and businesses. While residential considerations are addressed, the course prioritizes the financial, operational, and continuity challenges that earthquakes pose to companies, landlords, and commercial property managers.

  Insurance professionals will examine how seismic events disrupt not only buildings but also inventory, machinery, supply chains, and revenue streams. The course explains how commercial earthquake insurance is structured, including coverage for buildings, business personal property, business interruption, and extra expenses. It details how deductibles, exclusions, and concentration risk affect commercial underwriting, and how insurers rely on reinsurance markets to support catastrophic exposure.

  Through case studies such as Northridge (1994), Loma Prieta (1989), and Canadian examples in British Columbia and Quebec, the course highlights the long-term economic consequences of underinsurance. It stresses why proactive planning, adequate coverage, and continuity strategies are essential for businesses facing earthquake exposure.

  By the end of this course, insurance professionals will understand how to communicate the value of commercial earthquake insurance, substantiate recommendations with data and precedent, and support policyholders in making informed, risk-based decisions that preserve both assets and operations.

 

Course Schedule

Subject

Description

Earthquake Insurance

Covers Commercial and residential coverages

Additional Information

None.