Market concurs with Mexican insured quake loss forecasts

Low penetration rates, improved building regulations and the
location of the epicentres mean that insured losses from
Mexico's recent earthquakes are expected to remain relatively
low, according to market sources.
Over the past week, modelling agencies AIR and RMS have released
their initial loss estimates for the two earthquakes that struck
Mexico earlier this month.
AIR said insured losses from the first
temblor, which struck off the coast of the state of Chiapas on 7
September, would be betwe