BRIEF: Thurston County Has Highest Percentage of Residents With Earthquake Insurance in State

Feb. 08--Thurston County has the highest percentage of homeowners with earthquake insurance in Washington, according to a report released Wednesday by state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler.

About 18 percent of all Thurston County homeowners have earthquake insurance, according to Kreidler, followed by Clark County at 16.4 percent and Kitsap county at 16 percent.

Columbia County has the lowest percentage of homeowners with earthquake coverage with .02 percent.

"Overall 11.3 percent of homeowners in Washington have some type of earthquake coverage," according to a press release from the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner. "That is a higher rate of residential coverage than in California, the state with the highest risk. Washington ranks second in earthquake risk."

Kreidler compiled the data by surveying 240 companies selling residential and commercial earthquake insurance in Washington in October 2017.

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