There were more than 200 reports of severe weather and more than two dozen reports of tornadoes in an ongoing multi-day tornado and severe weather outbreak.
Almost 30 percent of the 2016 losses were insured. The share of uninsured losses the so-called protection or insurance gap remained substantial at around 70 percent.
The key variables driving overall commercial insurance customer satisfaction are broker expertise and insurer profitablity, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Large Commercial Insurance Study.
The epicenter was originally placed undersea, and a tsunami was feared, but this quake has not generated one. There have been at least 12 aftershocks reported.