Review of the Earthquake Commission Act
Page updated 14 Jul 2017
The Government announced on 26 June 2017 key features of planned reforms to the Earthquake Commission (EQC) scheme.
Read the related media statement by Hon Steven Joyce and Hon Gerry Brownlee on the Beehive website: Reforms to EQC Act announced (26 June 2017).
The Treasury has released a first batch of submissions on the 2015 discussion document: New Zealand's Future Natural Disaster Insurance Scheme: Proposed changes to the Earthquake Commission Act 1993.
Documents Relating to the Review
Documents are available in Adobe PDF format only. Using PDF Files
| Doc. Date | Creator | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2017 | Various | Submissions Received in 2015 by the Treasury on the Discussion Document: Future Natural Disaster Insurance Scheme: Proposed changes to the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 | |
| 3 Dec 2015 | The Treasury | Response to Official Information Act Request: Information in response to EQC lessons learned | oia-20150125.pdf (1,216 KB) |
| 22 Oct 2015 | The Treasury | Response to Official Information Act Request: Submissions on the EQC Act Review Reply only. |
oia-20150392.pdf (24 KB) |
| 6 Jul 2015 | The Treasury | New Zealand's Future Natural Disaster Insurance Scheme: Proposed changes to the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 - Discussion Document Erratum: Table 4: Impact of different excesses on EQC claims numbers and costs was updated on 15 July 2015 to incorporate results of more recent modelling. The modelling results originally summarised in Table 4 were from 2014. That was done to better align the information in Table 4 with the other tables in chapter 8, which already drew on that more recent modelling |
eqc-rev-discussion-doc.pdf (233 KB) |
| 6 Jul 2015 | The Treasury | New Zealand's Future Natural Disaster Insurance Scheme: Proposed Changes to Legislation Governing EQC Scheme - Flyer | eqc-rev-flyer.pdf (1,850 KB) |
| Sep 2012 | The Treasury | Terms of Reference for the Review of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 | eqc-rev-tor-sep12.pdf (19 KB) |
| 8 Sep 2012 | Hon Bill English & Hon Gerry Brownlee | Media Statement: Govt confirms Earthquake Commission review | Beehive website |
