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An examination into who paid the costs of the Canterbury earthquake

The New Zealand Review of Economics and Finance

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Title An examination into who paid the costs of the Canterbury earthquake
 
Creator Tate, James
 
Description Insured losses in the Canterbury earthquakes have been estimated at over $23bn. The size of these losses pushed the NZ insurance industry and its members to their limits following the quakes, though the losses will ultimately be borne by NZ policy holders in the long term. Insurance industry reform was underway before the quakes but they provided a strong motivator for regulatory change to add further stability. NZ has depleted the EQC earthquake fund and must therefore rely on a strengthened insurance industry to guard against natural disasters in the future.
 
Publisher The New Zealand Review of Economics and Finance
 
Date 2013-05-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzref/article/view/1737
 
Source The New Zealand Review of Economics and Finance; Vol 2 (2012): New Zealand Review of Economics and Finance
2324-478X
2324-4771
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzref/article/view/1737/1578