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

By:

Miles, Sarah (Sarah Alice) [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

1927212030 (paperback)
9781927212035 (paperback)

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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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"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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