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The Christchurch fiasco : the insurance aftershock and its implications for New Zealand and beyond / Sarah Miles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand Dunmore Publishing, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 237 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1927212030 (paperback)
  • 9781927212035 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 368.10065938 23
LOC classification:
  • HG9981.4.N45 M55 2012
Contents:
1. The sequence of events -- 2. The politics -- 3. EQC and earthquake insurance -- 4. Good faith : the insurance industry and catastrophe -- 5. The reinsurance industry -- 6. Policyholder protection -- 7. Catastrophe insurance : why the government should provide it -- 8. Implications for recovery.
Summary: "The aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes 2010-11 led the author to examine the insurance industry, locally and globally. She reveals unethical failure of the industry to honour paid-up policies fully and in a timely manner, thereby adding greatly to social stress, and challenges the appropriateness of private insurance for homeowners involved in large-scale disasters. She examines the role of government pre-disaster and in the recovery phase after a large disaster event, explains The Earthquake Commission role in New Zealand, and calls for a close scrutiny and re-think of how populations are to be adequately protected from inevitable disasters in the future"--Publisher's information.
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Includes bibliographical references.

1. The sequence of events -- 2. The politics -- 3. EQC and earthquake insurance -- 4. Good faith : the insurance industry and catastrophe -- 5. The reinsurance industry -- 6. Policyholder protection -- 7. Catastrophe insurance : why the government should provide it -- 8. Implications for recovery.

"The aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes 2010-11 led the author to examine the insurance industry, locally and globally. She reveals unethical failure of the industry to honour paid-up policies fully and in a timely manner, thereby adding greatly to social stress, and challenges the appropriateness of private insurance for homeowners involved in large-scale disasters. She examines the role of government pre-disaster and in the recovery phase after a large disaster event, explains The Earthquake Commission role in New Zealand, and calls for a close scrutiny and re-think of how populations are to be adequately protected from inevitable disasters in the future"--Publisher's information.

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