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Christchurch man with cancer spending final days battling insurance company
Articles, TV3
He's been fighting the insurance company since the 2011 earthquakes.
Tower full-year loss widens, proposes new quake claims company
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The insurance company, Tower, has strongly criticised the time it's taking to settle Canterbury earthquake claims and says the insurance system for handling such disasters is broken.
Earthquake Minister in Europe to speak to insurance companies
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is in Europe in an attempt to convince insurance companies not to pull out of New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquakes.
Earthquake Recovery Minister denies lobbying claims
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister and the Insurance Council both deny that insurance companies pressured the Government to relax building guidelines in Canterbury.
Hubbard, James, 1949- : Quake may cost insurance co's up to $16B. 6 March …
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
A man representing New Zealand reads a newspaper whose headline is ''Quake may cost insurance co's up to $16B'. Above him is an enormous mosquito that represents 'increased premiums' and that is about to suck the blood out of him; it casts a huge menacing shadow in which the man stands. Context - Insurance companies have experienced massive losses after the Canterbury earthquake. This may ultimately result in higher premiums as insurance companies try to recoup from their loss. According to Chris Ryan, Insurance Council chief executive, "The quake would probably result in foreign reinsurance companies increasing the premiums they charged local insurers." (Stuff 9 Sep 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Questions raised over earthquake victims insurance
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Canterbury earthquake victims say they've got new cause for anxiety - whether or not insurance companies will reinsure them.
Insurance Council responds to claim quake insurance too complex
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Overlapping claims and general confusion are delaying money payable to New Zealand for damage from the Canterbury earthquakes. The money involved is payable through reinsurance schemes taken out by insurance companies in this country, with firms overseas.
Tower confident in new company to protect it
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The insurance company, Tower, is confident that putting its costly and complex outstanding Canterbury earthquake claims into a separate company will allow the rest of the group to flourish.
Quakes, fires, insurance claims - and then a parking ticket
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch woman Pam Sharpe has endured earthquakes, fires and dealing with insurance companies, but then she received a parking ticket. She tells Checkpoint what happened next.
Tower Insurance slips to bigger H1 loss on quake, IT, cost
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Listed general insurance company Tower has reported a bigger first half loss on lingering Canterbury earthquake claims and a write down in its computer systrems.
Chch homeowners consider legal action against State Insurance
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A group of angry Christchurch locals are considering legal action against one of the country's biggest insurance companies because they say their earthquake claims are taking too long to settle.
Chch maying be missing out on millions in insurance
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A central-Christchurch property owner says attempts by insurance companies to limit the amount of money they end up paying out for earthquake damage, is just part of doing business.
Solving the World's Problems with Ali Jones
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Today Ali talks to Jesse about the insurance debacle for Christchurch home owners trying to settle with companies over their earthquake damaged homes. She advocating for the establishment of an "Insurance Department" as they have done in California.
The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Penny Ashton (part 1)
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Topics - Insurance premiums are expected to rise across the board, as insurance companies look to recoup some of the massive losses from the Canterbury earthquake. and what lasting effects might children suffer from the earthquake?
Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :'Show 'em half a crack and they'll find a way thr…
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
Shows snarling rats labelled 'insurance companies' in a cityscape. Context: Concerns about shortfall in insurance cover have arisen in response to the Christchurch City Council's draft annual plan, which proposes a 7.5 per cent rates increase to fund earthquake rebuild (Stuff 23 April 2012). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :The Louse - scavenger that spends it's whole life a…
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
A louse labelled, Insurance companies, is shown eating something labelled, Huge premium hikes. A definition of the louse as a scavenger and a parasite is given below. Context: Insurance premiums rose New Zealand wide following the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Baseless excuses for delaying earthquake claims
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Recovery Minister says he's sick of insurance companies giving baseless excuses for delaying earthquake claims in Christchurch .
Tower counts cost of earthquakes
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Insurance company Tower says yesterday's earthquake in North Canterbury will cost it a maximum of just over seven million dollars.
The Star 31 August 2011
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Wednesday 31 August 2011.
Quake damaged unisurable homes up for rent
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Earthquake damaged Christchurch homes written off by insurance companies are becoming hot property for investors wanting to make money renting them out.
Tower upbeat about future performance
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Insurance company, Tower, says it's started the year on a positive note despite bad weather and lingering complex claims from the Christchurch earthquakes.
Winter, Mark 1958- :Q - What's the difference between an insurer delaying …
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
Shows a fish wondering about the difference between an insurer delaying earthquake-damage settlements and a scavenging groper. Context: refers to the unacceptable and hugely damaging delays in the provision of earthquake damage settlements by insurance companies after the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :"Woo-hoo! Home sweet home!" 28 June 2011
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
A rat in a business suit representing 'insurance companies' carries a briefcase labelled 'Total replacement policies' and follows a fellow rat into a large hole 'loop holes' that leads into a collapsed building. The rat says 'Woo-hoo! Home sweet home!' Context - Problems for people whose houses were damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes. One of the options presented to residents in the red zone, ideal for people with replacement policies, was the government bought your land, and you dealt directly with your insurers about your house. However they got a shock when insurers told them they won't replace their homes, they'll only repair them, even though they're earmarked for certain demolition. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The Square and the Disappearing Old World of Christchurch
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Dominating a once simpler Cathedral Square, are the formidable buildings – Government Life Insurance Building, the Grand Theatre, the Crystal Palace Theatre, the Reuters Telegram Company Buil…
Quake claimants band together to take on insurers
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Frustrated Christchurch residents are banding together to take on their insurance companies, who they say are taking too long to process their earthquake damage claims.
Fairfax Video, May 2013 (2)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of an interview with Sarah O'Brien about the official information requests that she is filing with EQC. O'Brien talks about the substandard living conditions that Cantabrians are having to deal with while they wait for EQC to respond to them.
Christchurch couple lower damages sought in High Court
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Christchurch couple taking their insurance company to the High Court over their earthquake payout have knocked almost a quarter of a million dollars off their claim.
3 years on quake homewners are still wrangling with insurers
Audio, Radio New Zealand
On the third anniversary of the first major earthquake to hit Christchurch thousands of people with the most badly damaged homes are still wrangling with their insurance companies over rebuilds.
Quake victims welcome idea of earthquake court
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Christchurch people who have had to battle insurance companies over the repair or rebuild of earthquake damaged homes are welcoming the Labour party's idea of an earthquake court to settle disputes.
Tower takes further profit hit on lingering quake claims
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Shares in the insurance company, Tower, have plunged close to 20 percent today after it said its profits will likely fall more than 16-million dollars because of Canterbury earthquake claims.