May 2019

JUNE 2010 SPA Principal Keith Porter presented the ARkStorm to 200 California flood control and water resource managers, as part […]

JUNE 2010 SPA Principals Charles Scawthorn and Keith Porter participated in the Understanding Risk Conference organized by and held at

MAY 2010 SPA developed and led a week-long seminar for Lloyd’s underwriters, adjusters and insurance executives on earthquake risk in

FEBRUARY 2010 SPA Principle Charles Scawthorn was invited to participate in the launch of Nanyang Technical University’s Institute for Catastrophic

OCTOBER 2009 Click here for the 6-minute video.

JUNE 2009 SPA provided a report to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the feasibility of developing a national catastrophe

NOVEMBER 2008 SPA pilot tested the Rapid Observation of Vulnerability and Estimation of Risk (ROVER) software with the Los Angeles

OCTOBER 2008 SPA continues to develop and release OpenRiskapplications, in collaboration with the US Geological Survey, the Southern California Earthquake Center,

AUGUST 2008 SPARE is a new quick analysis application for estimating vulnerability functions.  SPARE is the first module in SPA’s

JUNE 2008. Scientists unveiled a hypothetical scenario describing how a magnitude 7.8 Southern California earthquake–similar to the recent earthquake in