Efficacy of insurance for organisational disaster recovery: case study of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes

被引:15
作者
Brown, Charlotte [1 ]
Seville, Erica [1 ]
Vargo, John [1 ]
机构
[1] Resilient Org, Canterbury, New Zealand
关键词
catastrophe insurance; disaster recovery; insurance claims management; organisational resilience;
D O I
10.1111/disa.12201
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Insurance is widely acknowledged to be an important component of an organisation's disaster preparedness and resilience. Yet, little analysis exists of how well current commercial insurance policies and practices support organisational recovery in the wake of a major disaster. This exploratory qualitative research, supported by some quantitative survey data, evaluated the efficacy of commercial insurance following the sequence of earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 2010 and 2011. The study found that, generally, the commercial insurance sector performed adequately, given the complexity of the events. However, there are a number of ways in which insurers could improve their operations to increase the efficacy of commercial insurance cover and to assist organisational recovery following a disaster. The most notable of these are: (i) better wording of policies; (ii) the availability of sector-specific policies; (iii) the enhancement of claims assessment systems; and (iv) risk-based policy pricing to incentivise risk reduction measures.
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页码:388 / 408
页数:21
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