| 31. | Without earthquake insurance, Japanese homes are not protected against losses from fires caused by earthquakes.
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| 32. | Many companies no longer offer homeowners'policies, they say, because they must also offer earthquake insurance.
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| 33. | Many property owners did not have earthquake insurance.
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| 34. | Perhaps not surprisingly, an increasing number of Californians are deciding not to bother buying earthquake insurance.
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| 35. | The government limits earthquake insurance to 10 million yen ( dlrs 100, 000 ) for homes.
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| 36. | And few people in Japan carry earthquake insurance, because it's expensive and the compensation is meager.
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| 37. | About 2.1 million Californians now carry earthquake insurance.
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| 38. | State law requires insurance companies to offer earthquake insurance at the time they sell homeowners insurance.
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| 39. | The government is considering raising the cap on earthquake insurance claims, The Daily Yomiuri newspaper reported Friday.
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| 40. | Charles and Alida Geoffroy lived in a seven-bedroom house on a hillside for years without earthquake insurance.
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