A PDF copy of a handwritten journal kept by Robin Robins, documenting the repair work on his earthquake-damaged home between November 2012 and April 2017. Note that some personal information has been redacted from this document.
Transcript of Betty's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Ellenor about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Martin Brown's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Rolan McConnell's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
We measure the longer-term effect of a major earthquake on the local economy, using night-time light intensity measured from space, and investigate whether insurance claim payments for damaged residential property affected the local recovery process. We focus on the destructive Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) 2010 -2011 as our case study. Uniquely for this event, more than 95% of residential housing units were covered by insurance, but insurance payments were staggered over 5 years, enabling us to identify their local impact. We find that night-time luminosity can capture the process of recovery and describe the recovery’s determinants. We also find that insurance payments contributed significantly to the process of economic recovery after the earthquake, but delayed payments were less affective and cash settlement of claims were more effective than insurance-managed repairs in contributing to local recovery.
Summary of oral history interview with Emily Nooapii about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
A pdf transcript of Rosie Belton's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Paddy's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Matt Black's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Laurence about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Siobhan Storey's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Richard Giles's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A pdf transcript of Di's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Mike's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Adele Kelly about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Flora (Flo) McGregor's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Jane's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
We examine the role of business interruption (BI) insurance in business recovery following the Christchurch earthquake in 2011. First, we ask whether BI insurance increases the likelihood of business survival in the immediate (3-6 months) aftermath of a disaster. We find positive but statistically insignificant evidence that those firms that had incurred damage, but were covered by BI insurance, had higher likelihood of survival post-quake compared with those firms that did not have any insurance. For the medium-term (2-3 years) survival of firms, our results show a more explicit role for insurance. Firms with BI insurance experience increased productivity and improved performance following a catastrophe. Furthermore, we find that those organisations that receive prompt and full payments of their claims have a better recovery than those that had protracted or inadequate claims payments, but this difference between the two groups is not statistically significant. We find no statistically significant evidence that the latter group (inadequate payment) did any better than those organisations that had damage but no insurance coverage. In general, our analysis indicates the importance not only of adequate insurance coverage, but also of an insurance system that delivers prompt claim payments. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in 'The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice'. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-017-0067-y. The following terms of use apply: https://www.springer.com/gp/open-access/publication-policies/aam-terms-of-use.
Summary of oral history interview with Clare about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Glenn McCarthy's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Violet about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Tracey Adams's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Vic Bartley's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Emma Butler about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Marie Rean about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Lynne about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Bev McCashin's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 3 May 2013
Summary of oral history interview with Belinda Grant about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.