Insuring the Future
Reimagining Home Insurance in Aotearoa
$27.30
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2026
Summary
In this clear-eyed work, public policy expert Jonathan Boston tackles one of the defining policy challenges of climate change: how can residential property insurance remain accessible and affordable as climate-intensified risks escalate? Given New Zealand’s distinctive natural hazards profile and numerous at-risk communities, small policy changes won’t be enough. Sustainable insurance affordability will require a paradigm shift in risk governance, adaptation planning, and property insurance a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776923304 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776923308 |
| Author: | Jonathan Boston |
| Publisher: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Imprint: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 148mm x 210mm |
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About The Author
Jonathan Boston
Jonathan Boston is an Emeritus Professor of Public Policy who has published widely on public management, social policy, climate change policy, tertiary education and comparative government. At Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, he has served as Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies and Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, and earlier worked for the New Zealand Treasury and taught at the University of Canterbury.
He has contributed to major public policy initiatives, including tertiary education reform, the funding of research, and measures to reduce child poverty. During 2022-23 he served on the Expert Working Group on Managed Retreat.
A 2014 Fulbright Fellow, he is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Helen Clark Foundation, co-edits Policy Quarterly and has served on several boards, including Oxfam Aotearoa.
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