The Insurance Aftershock: The Christchurch Fiasco Post-Earthquake 2010-2016
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CDNK3GW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 383 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Always interested in the human condition she also holds degrees in Psychology and Psychotherapy (Gestalt) and has worked in this field for the past ten years in Christchurch. She was an active participant in a specialized community ‘Flying Squad’ after the February 2011 earthquakes, a team of professi
Five years and I am still struggling with our insurers. Amazon Customer This book is a really in depth case study of the insurance nightmares that often follow major disasters. Its comprehensive, provides for an interesting new model of insurance and I was really impressed by the resources at the back of the book - you can access the information directly from the local papers. It is a fabulous book for researchers and policymakers or homeowners facing the same kind of insurance nightmares.. Amazon Customer said Sarah-Alice Miles taking the time to analyse the problems,. Sarah-Alice Miles taking the time to analyse the problems, the failings of the system and how almost impossible it seems to be to have insurance contracts honored, in a way we would expect other commercial contracts to be honoured, is admirable and its a book well worth a read. So many people have been impacted, people who rightly believed they had an insurance agreement that would enable them to recover their homes in. Patrice Kiwi said This book really helped me understand what has been and. This book really helped me understand what has been and is going on since the start ofthe Canterbury/Christchurch earthquake disasters and how disappointing andvery stressful it has been for insurance claimants to get an accurate accessment oftheir damage and reach a timely and satisfactory claim settlement with any of theinsurance companies involved. Also that major reform of EQC was needed, as theybeing the first res
This has revealed a clear pattern of corporate greed at the expense of citizens and has shown that the profit-driven model of private insurance can, and very often does, fail those who have paid-up policies based on 'good-faith' responses that are their due. This book provides a gripping description of what it is like to live inside a city in the clasp of Naomi Klein's disaster capitalism. She points to a fundamental conflict of interest between corporatism and the need for rapid recovery in the interests of both the affected public, business interests and the economy. In the aftermath of Christchurch's devastating seismic catastrophe of 2010/2012, the slow and confused recovery phase that followed led Miles to examine the insurance industry, locally and globally. Miles discusses the tensions between National and Local government objectives and the unheard voice of the local population. The Author examines intern
She also is qualified with a Bachelor of Commerce in Dispute Resolution (Mediation) and utilizes these skills in mediation set-tings within the clinical environment. About the Author Sarah-Alice Miles is a multidisciplinary professional with an arts degree in Modern Languages and Linguistics (Mandarin Chinese and Italian). Prior to her return from the Netherlands to New Zealand in 2004, she worked in the investment banking industry for ING Bank as a lawyer in both London and The Netherlands. Always interested in the human condition she also holds degrees in Psychology and Psychotherapy (Gestalt) and has worked in this field for the past ten years in Christchurch. Sarah-Alice is author of The Insurance Aftershock: the Christchurch Fiasco Post-Earthquake 2010-2016 and a dedicated reporter and social commentator and her post-earthquake Blog – the Christchurch Fias