As someone who lived in Japan for two years—and who experienced the Kobe earthquake firsthand—the devastating disaster that struck the country hit me hard from a personal standpoint.
But as soon as the magnitude of the event became clear, it was obvious that there would be enormous professional ramifications as well: an unfolding story of enormous importance to the readers of NU—one that we would need to cover in depth over the days (and, most likely, weeks) ahead.
And I'm proud of the coverage produced by our team of reporters, which started almost immediately after the epic quake and tsunami wrought such horrific damage, with our first reports going up online in hours. By Monday, Susanne Sclafane and Chad Hemenway had assembled a comprehensive report on property-loss estimates—and began to explore the question of the strategic impact of the event on the industry and what the effect would be on global insurance rates.
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